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encerrar




Definitions

Spanish > English
encerrar
     1. v. to lock up, to coop up
     2. v. to lock away, put away, to imprison, to nail (in a prison or mental hospital)
     3. v. to enclose, to confine, to immure
     4. v. to contain, to hold, to include, to encapsulate, to entail
     5. v. (games) to stalemate
     6. v. (typography) to separate (between brackets, commas)
     7. v. to take over; occupy (a building)
     8. v. 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
     9. v. to shy away
Spanish > Spanish
encerrar
     1. vt. Introducir algo o a alguien en un lugar cerrado.
           Similares: enterar

Example Sentences

Un gran diario no ha de encerrar sino hechos, o que parezcan tales. 



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