calabozo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish calabozo. Doublet of calaboose.
Noun
calabozo (plural calabozos)
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Late Latin *calafodium, based on Latin fodiō (“to dig, bury”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalaˈboθo/ [ka.laˈβ̞o.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /kalaˈboso/ [ka.laˈβ̞o.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -oθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -oso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ca‧la‧bo‧zo
Noun
calabozo m (plural calabozos)
- dungeon
- Synonym: mazmorra
- prison, jail
- 2020 June 7, “La muerte de Giovanni evidencia los abusos sistemáticos de la policía en México”, in El País[1]:
- Al día siguiente, el 5 de mayo, la tía fue a buscar a su sobrino al calabozo y le informaron que había fallecido.
- The next day, May 5th, the aunt went to the jail in search of her nephew and was informed that he had died.
- prison cell
- Synonym: celda
- 2016 January 18, “Uno de los bomberos detenidos: “Nos trasladaron como a terroristas””, in El País[2]:
- "Se pusieron agresivos. Nos quitaron los cordones y nos metieron a todos juntos en un calabozo de 3x3, muy sucio y con un baño... inhumano", narra el sevillano, que todavía se encuentra en la isla de Lesbos.
- They turned aggressive. They took our shoelaces and put all of us together in a filthy 3x3 cell with one bathroom...inhumane", narrates the Sevillian who still lives on the island of Lesbos.
Derived terms
- encalabozar (verb)
Descendants
Further reading
- “calabozo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024