cárcel

/ˈkaɾθel/, [ˈkaɾ.θel]

jail, prison

Examples

Lo mandaron a la cárcel por todos los crímenes que había cometido.

They sent him to jail for all the crimes he had committed.

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Tom fue a la cárcel por vender drogas.

Tom went to prison for selling drugs.

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Tom no quiere pasar el resto de su vida en la cárcel.

Tom doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in jail.

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No quiero volver a la cárcel.

I don't want to go back to prison.

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Mary estuvo años esperando que Tom salga de la cárcel y ella estaba muy feliz cuando él finalmente fue liberado.

Mary waited years for Tom to get out of prison and was very happy when he finally got released.

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Mantener a un bandido en la cárcel es muy caro.

Maintaining a criminal in the jail is very expensive.

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¿Por qué no estás en la cárcel?

Why aren't you in jail?

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Realmente no quiero volver a la cárcel.

I really don't want to go back to jail.

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Se escapó de la cárcel hace treinta años y desde entonces ha sido un prófugo de la justicia.

He escaped from prison thirty years ago and has been on the lam ever since.

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Para cuando salgas de la cárcel ella ya estará casada.

By the time you get out of prison, she'll have been married.

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Cuando salí de la cárcel, no tenía intención de volver a cometer otro crimen.

When I got out of jail, I had no intention of committing another crime.

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Tom realmente no quería ir a la cárcel.

Tom really didn't want to go to jail.

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Quería que metieran a Tom en la cárcel incluso más que tú.

I wanted Tom put in jail even more than you did.

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Tom pasó la noche en la cárcel.

Tom spent the night in jail.

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El papá de Tom está en la cárcel.

Tom's father is in jail.

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Al entrar en la cárcel, al novato le dio un infarto.

While entering the prison the new guy suffered a heart attack.

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Ayer pasé la noche en la cárcel.

Yesterday I spent the night in jail.

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Quiero hacer lo que solía hacer antes de ir a la cárcel.

I want to do what I used to do before I went to prison.

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Después de haber pasado cuatro años en la cárcel, los soltaron por buena conducta.

After spending four years in jail, he was set free for good behaviour.

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La policía te meterá en la cárcel.

The police will put you in prison.

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