gaol

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdʒeɪl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dʒeɪl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(jāl)

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En esta página: gaol, jail
'gaol' tiene referencia cruzada con 'jail'. Se encuentra en una o más de las líneas abajo.'gaol' is cross-referenced with 'jail'. It is in one or more of the lines below.

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
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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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
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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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
jail | gaol
InglésEspañol
go to jail v expr (be sent to prison)ir a la cárcel loc verb
 Fue a la cárcel por los delitos que cometió.
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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'gaol' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
can
Spanish:
carcelario - cárcel - penal


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