encerrar
/enθeˈraɾ/, [ẽn̟.θeˈraɾ]enclose, lock up
Verb encerrar (first-person singular present encierro, first-person singular preterite encerré, past participle encerrado)
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to lock up, to coop up
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to lock away, put away, to imprison, to nail (in a prison or mental hospital)
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to enclose, to confine, to immure
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to contain, to hold, to include, to encapsulate, to entail
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(games) to stalemate
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(typography) to separate (between brackets, commas)
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(reflexive) to take over; occupy (a building)
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(reflexive) 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
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(reflexive) to shy away
Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
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