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2 Translation results for jail in Spanish

noun | verb

jail noun

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jails
cárcel

Example sentences of
jail noun

  • •He was locked up in the county jail.
  • •He was arrested and sent to jail.
  • •He went to jail for his crimes.
  • •He just got out of jail a few weeks ago.
  • •He was kept in jail overnight.
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jail verb

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jailed, has jailed, is jailing, jails
encarcelar

Example sentences of
jail verb

  • •threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked
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Reverse translation for jail

cárcel  - jail, prison 
encarcelar  - to incarcerate, to imprison 
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