WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| lock [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | (hold prisoner) | encerrar a vtr + prep |
| | | retener a vtr + prep |
| | They locked him up in a cell that was barely large enough to move around in. |
| | The wicked baron locked his wife up in the attic. |
| | Lo encerraron en una celda que era apenas lo suficientemente grande como para moverse. // El malvado barón encerró a su mujer en el ático. |
| lock [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | figurative (sentence to jail) | encarcelar a vtr + prep |
| | | enviar a prisión a, mandar a prisión a loc verb + prep |
| | The judge should lock up the murderer and throw the key away! |
| | ¡El juez debería encarcelar al asesino y esconder la llave! |
| lock [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (object: keep safe) | cerrar con llave loc verb |
| | The custodian locked up the school at the end of the day to prevent vandals from entering. |
| | El conserje cerró la puerta de la escuela con llave para prevenir el vandalismo. |
| | | poner candado loc verb |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Ponle siempre candado, hay mucho ratero amigo de lo ajeno dando vuelta. |
| lock up vi phrasal | (premises: secure) | cerrar⇒ vi |
| | (coloquial) | echar la llave loc verb |
| | The last person to leave should lock up. |
| | Quien salga el último, que se acuerde de cerrar. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
lockup,
lock-up n | UK, informal (storage facility) | bodega nf |
| | | depósito nm |
| | | almacén nm |
| | | cillero nm |
lockup,
lock-up n | informal (jail) (ES, coloquial) | trena nf |
| | (AR, CL, BO, UY, PE, CO) | cana nf |
| | (coloquial) | chirona nm |
| | (MX, coloquial) | bote nm |