encerrar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to lock up, to coop up
- to lock away, put away, to imprison, to nail in a prison or mental hospital
- to enclose, to confine, to immure
- to contain, to hold, to include, to encapsulate, to entail
- (games) to stalemate
- (typography) to separate (between brackets, commas)
- (reflexive) to take over; occupy (a building)
- (reflexive) to shut oneself up, to withdraw, to shut away oneself, to shut off oneself, to lock up or lock down oneself, to close off oneself
- (reflexive) to shy away
Etymology
Affix from Spanish, Castilian cerrar (close, shut).
Origin
Spanish
cerrar
Gloss
close, shut
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- serrāre Latin
- cerradura Spanish, Castilian
- cerramiento Spanish, Castilian
- cerrar Spanish, Castilian
- cierrabares Spanish, Castilian
- sara Tagalog