| Principal Translations |
| encerrar⇒ vtr | (poner bajo llave) | lock [sb] up vtr phrasal sep |
| | Salió huyendo pues los guardas querían encerrarlo en la cárcel. |
| | He fled because the guards wanted to lock him up in jail. |
| encerrar vtr | (poner en sitio cerrado) | shut up vtr phrasal sep |
| | | put away vtr phrasal sep |
| | Encerré las cajas con la ropa vieja en un armario. |
| | I shut the boxes of old clothes up in a wardrobe. |
| encerrar vtr | (palabras,frases, textos) | put⇒, enclose⇒ vtr |
| | Se puede encerrar esta palabra entre comillas, porque es un regionalismo que estás mencionando. |
| | You can put (or: enclose) the word between commas, because you are mentioning it as a regionalism. |
| encerrar vtr | (tener, contener) | hold⇒, contain⇒ vtr |
| | Sus dichos encierran una gran enseñanza que no todos han querido comprender. |
| | His sayings hold (or: contain) a great teaching that not everyone has wished to understand. |
| encerrar vtr | (inmovilizar: fichas, piezas) (chess) | put in check v expr |
| | | immobilize⇒ vtr |
| | (UK) | immobilise⇒ vtr |
| | No puedo hacer ese movimiento porque encerraría el alfil. |
| | I can't make that move because I would put my bishop in check. |
| encerrarse⇒ v prnl | (aislarse en un lugar) | shut yourself in v expr |
| | | shut yourself up, shut yourself away v expr |
| | (in protest) | occupy⇒ vtr |
| | | lock yourself in v expr |
| | Daniel anda raro: en cuanto llega a la casa, va y se encierra en el taller. Ni siquiera saluda. |
| | Daniel's acting strange. As soon as he comes home, he shuts himself in the workshop. He doesn't even say hello. |
| encerrarse v prnl | (ocultar: pensamientos, emociones) (informal) | shut yourself down, close yourself down v expr |
| | (colloquial) | become clammed up v expr |
| | Le pregunté si le pasaba algo pero se encerró y no quiso hablarme más. |
| | I asked if something was wrong, but he shut himself down (or: closed himself down) and didn't want to talk to me any more. |
| encerrarse v prnl | AmL (obstinarse en algo) (informal) | dig your heels in, dig in your heels v expr |
| | Se encerró en que no quería ponerse el vestido y no se lo puso. |
| | She dug her heels in about putting on the dress, and didn't wear it. |