encerrar

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to enclose

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encerrar
transitive verb
1 to shut up o in (recluir) ; to lock up o in (con llave) ; to lock away o up (en la cárcel)
2 to contain (contener)
  • sus palabras encerraban una amenaza -> there was a threat in his words
encerrarse
pronomial verb
1 to shut oneself away (recluirse) ; to lock oneself away (con llave)
  • se encerró en su casa para acabar la novela -> she shut herself away in her house to finish the novel
  • se ha encerrado en sí misma y no quiere hablar con nadie -> she's withdrawn into her shell and doesn't want to talk to anyone
  • los estudiantes se encerraron en la biblioteca -> the students occupied the library

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encerrar [en-ther-rar’]
article & verb transitive
1 To lock or shut up, to confine, to get in or to close in.
2 To emboss.
3 To contain, to conclude, to comprehend.
  • El libro encierra profundas verdades -> the book contains deep truths
verb reflexive
4 To retire or withdraw from the world.
5 To be locked or shut up, to be closeted.
  • Se encerró en el cuarto -> she shut herself in her room

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encerrar
verbo:transitivo
1 (meter) to shut (up); (con llave) to lock (up)
encerré el gato en la cocina I shut the cat (up) in the kitchen; lo encerraron en su celda they locked him in his cell; la encerraron en un psiquiátrico they locked her up in a mental hospital; encerrar una frase entre paréntesis to put a phrase in brackets
2 (contener) to contain
el libro encierra profundas verdades the book contains profound truths; el plan encierra graves problemas the plan has serious problems
3 (implicar) to involve
cualquier cambio encierra ciertos riesgos any change involves certain risks
4 (Ajedrez) (Damas) to block
verbo:pronominal
encerrarse
1 (meterse) to shut o.s. (up); (con llave) to lock o.s. (up)
se encerró en su cuarto she shut herself (up) in her room; encerrarse en sí mismo to withdraw into o.s.; encerrarse en el silencio to maintain a total silence
2 (como protesta) to hold a sit-in; stage a sit-in
los manifestantes se encerraron en el ayuntamiento the demonstrators held staged a sit-in in the town hall;o
3 (México) (ser hosco) to be stand-offish

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Verb Conjugation for "encerrar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo encierro encerré encerraba encerraré encierre
Tú encierras encerraste encerrabas encerrarás encierres
Ella/Él/Usted encierra encerró encerraba encerrará encierre
Nosotros encerramos encerramos encerrábamos encerraremos encerremos
Vosotros encerráis encerrasteis encerrabais encerraréis encerréis
Ellos/Ustedes encierran encerraron encerraban encerrarán encierren
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