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The Spanish word for seal is
foca





seal

Gender

The gender of foca is feminine. E.g. la foca.

Plural

The plural of foca is focas.

Spanish Definition


seal
     1. n. Sello.
     2. n. Foca.
     3. Sellar, lacrar.
     4. Cerrar.



Translations for seal and their definitions

foca ©
     1. n-f. seal (mammal)
     2. n-f. (colloquial) whale (large, especially fat, person)


sello
     1. n-m. seal, sigil
     2. n-m. stamp (device for stamping designs)
     3. n-m. stamp (imprint made by stamping)
     4. n-m. postage stamp
     5. v. first-person singular present indicative of sellar


lacrar
     1. v. to seal


empaque
     1. n-m. packaging
     2. n-m. (colloquial) presence; look
     3. n-m. (figurative) integrity
     4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of empacar


sellar
     1. v. to stamp
     2. v. to seal (place a seal on a document)
     3. v. to seal (close with a seal or hermetically)
     4. v. to terminate, finish, end
     5. v. (Argentina, cookery) to seal (hotly fry or cook a piece of meat for a short time)


confinar
     1. v. to confine, to limit, to restrict, to keep within bounds
     2. v. to lock down, to secure (make people stay locked indoors for their safety)


cerrar
     1. v. to close, to shut
           No olvides cerrar la puerta. - Don't forget to close the door.
     2. v. to shut down, to close down
           Quieren cerrar tu negocio. - They're trying to shut your business down.
     3. v. to turn off, to shut off (to rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas)
           cerrar el grifo - to turn off the tap
           cerrar la luz - to turn off the lights
     4. v. to enclose
     5. v. to lock, to lock up
     6. v. to seal, to close (e.g. a deal, a breach, a rift)
     7. v. to close up, to close off (e.g. a wound)
     8. v. to close, to conclude, to end
     9. v. to close (itself) (qual, e.g., a store, a door)
     10. v. to close off (oneself)


acordonar
     1. v. to cordon off, seal, seal off (physically isolate an area or building for security reasons preventing human passage)


sellador
     1. adj. sealing (that seals)
     2. n-m. sealant


cierre
     1. n-m. shutting, closing
     2. n-m. shutting device, fastener; buckle, clasp
     3. n-m. shutter, blind
     4. n-m. zipper
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of cerrar


hermetizar
     1. v. to seal hermetically


aislar
     1. v. to isolate, to insulate, to sequester, to separate, to quarantine
     2. v. to insulate (surround with protecting material to prevent transfer of heat, electricity, etc.)


zapatilla
     1. n-f. slipper, slip-on shoe (house shoe)
     2. n-f. sneaker, trainer (ellipsis of zapatilla de deporte)
     3. n-f. cleat


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


junta
     1. adj. feminine singular of junto
     2. n-f. board, council, committee
     3. n-f. joint, gasket
     4. n-f. meeting (a gathering for a purpose)
     5. n-f. contact, acquaintances
     6. v. third-person singular present indicative of juntar


empaquetadura
     1. n-f. sealing, packing
     2. n-f. seal (something preventing leakage)


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