cárcel
See also: carcel
Asturian
Etymology
From Old Leonese [Term?], from Latin carcer, carcerem.
Noun
cárcel f (plural cárceles)
- prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish carcel, from Latin carcerem. The feminine gender is analogous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkaɾθel/ [ˈkaɾ.θel]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈkaɾsel/ [ˈkaɾ.sel]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -aɾθel
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -aɾsel
- Syllabification: cár‧cel
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: karsel
Further reading
- “cárcel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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