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

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