encerrar.
to lock up, to coop up
Meaning & usage
to lock up, to coop up
to lock away, put away, to imprison, to nail (in a prison or mental hospital)
to enclose, to confine, to immure
to contain, to hold, to include, to encapsulate, to entail
to stalemate
to separate (between brackets, commas)
to take over; occupy (a building)
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
to shy away
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Spanish en- Spanish en- Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *séreti Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin sera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin serāre Vulgar Latin serrāre Old Spanish Spanish cerrar Spanish encerrar From en- + cerrar.
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