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encerrado

/enθeˈrado/, [ẽn̟.θeˈra.ð̞o]

cooped up, locked

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Adjective encerrado (feminine encerrada, masculine plural encerrados, feminine plural encerradas)

  1. pent, shut-in, cooped up, locked up, locked down confined, holed up, shut away
  2. stuck, trapped (e.g. stuck in a room, office, elevator, etc.)
  3. encased, enclosed, closed in, sealed
  4. no longer available, discontinued

Verb encerrado m (feminine singular encerrada, masculine plural encerrados, feminine plural encerradas)

  1. Masculine singular past participle of encerrar.

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Examples

  • Vuelve antes de la medianoche o te vas a quedar encerrado afuera.

    Get back before midnight, or you will be locked out.

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  • El gato se quedó encerrado en el armario. ¿Lo puedes sacar?

    The cat got locked in the closet. Can you let it out?

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  • Tom se quedó encerrado fuera de su pieza.

    Tom locked himself out of his room.

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  • ¡No puedo soportar estar encerrado en esta prisión!

    I can't stand being cooped up in this prison!

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  • Tom logró escapar de la habitación donde sus secuestradores lo tenían encerrado.

    Tom managed to escape from the room where his kidnappers had kept him locked up.

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  • A Tom no le gusta estar encerrado en su pequeña oficina todo el día.

    Tom doesn't like being cooped up in his small office every day.

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  • Alguien sáqueme. Estoy encerrado.

    Let me out, somebody. I'm locked in.

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  • Estar todo el día encerrado en casa no es bueno para la salud.

    It is not good for your health to shut yourself in all day.

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