encarcerar
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin incarcerāre. By surface analysis, en- + càrcer + -ar.
Verb
encarcerar (first-person singular present encarcero, first-person singular preterite encarcerí, past participle encarcerat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- to incarcerate (to lock away in prison)
- Synonym: empresonar
Conjugation
Conjugation of encarcerar (first conjugation)
Further reading
- “encarcerar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Galician
Verb
encarcerar (first-person singular present encarcero, first-person singular preterite encarcerei, past participle encarcerado)
- to incarcerate (to lock away in prison)
- Synonyms: prender, aprisionar
Conjugation
Conjugation of encarcerar
Reintegrated conjugation of encarcerar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Further reading
- “encarcerar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- “encarcerar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Occitan
Pronunciation
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Verb
encarcerar
- to incarcerate (to lock away in prison)
- Synonym: empresonar
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin incarcerāre. By surface analysis, en- + cárcere + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁ.seˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kah.seˈɾa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁ.seˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kah.seˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɾ.seˈɾa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɾ.seˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁ.seˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kaχ.seˈɾa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁ.seˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kaχ.seˈɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɻ.seˈɾa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɻ.seˈɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɐɾ.sɨˈɾaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kɐɾ.sɨˈɾa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: en‧car‧ce‧rar
Verb
encarcerar (first-person singular present encarcero, first-person singular preterite encarcerei, past participle encarcerado)
- to incarcerate (to lock away in prison)
- Synonyms: prender, aprisionar
Conjugation
Conjugation of encarcerar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “encarcerar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “encarcerar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025