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be in jail

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
jail, also UK: gaol n	(detention facility)	cárcel nf
	Kyle was arrested for being drunk in public and spent the night in jail.
	Kyle fue arrestado por emborracharse en público y paso la noche en la cárcel.
jail [sb]⇒ vtr	(imprison)	encarcelar a vtr + prep
		encerrar a vtr + prep
		meter en la cárcel a loc verb
	The government jailed Holly for six months for her crimes.
	El gobierno encarceló a Holly durante seis meses por sus delitos.

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
gaol n	UK, now mainly regional (prison)	cárcel, prisión nf
	(ES: coloquial)	chirona nf
	(AR, UY: coloquial)	gayola nf
	(CO, MX: coloquial)	cana nf
	The murderer was thrown in gaol for the rest of his days.

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Compound Forms: jail | gaol
Inglés		Español
go to jail v expr	(be sent to prison)	ir a la cárcel loc verb
	Fue a la cárcel por los delitos que cometió.
	(AR, coloquial)	ir en cana loc verb
	Si nos descubren, vamos todos en cana.
	(PE)	ir a cana loc verb
	Lo atraparon in fraganti y fue a cana.
jail credit n	US (law: time in prison before trial)	abono nm
jail sentence n	(law: punishment)	pena de prisión loc nom f
		sentencia de prisión loc nom f
		sentencia de cárcel loc nom f
jail time n	(sentence served in prison)	pena de cárcel nf
	Los responsables del accidente serán castigados con pena de cárcel.
prison break, jail break n	(escape) (de la prisión)	fuga nf
	There was a prison break this week, and the police are now looking for five missing criminals.
	Hubo una fuga en la prisión esta semana y la policía está buscando a cinco convictos que escaparon.
put [sb] in jail v expr	(imprison)	encarcelar⇒ vtr
		enviar a prisión, meter en prisión loc verb
	(AR, coloquial)	meter en cana loc verb
	(ES, coloquial)	meter en el trullo loc verb
Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a».

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