prisión
Asturian
Etymology
Compare Spanish prisión.
Noun
prisión f (plural prisiones)
- prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin prehensiōnem, singular accusative of prehensiō[1]. Cf. French prison, Portuguese prisão. Doublet of prensión.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɾiˈsjo̞n]
Noun
prisión f (plural prisiones)
Synonyms
- cárcel
- penitenciaría
- penal
- (Mexico) CERESO, Cereso
Derived terms
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