enclaustrar
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enclaustrar
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (general)
a. to cloister
La joven fue enclaustrada en un monasterio, donde pasó el resto de sus días sin contacto con el mundo.The young woman was cloistered in a monastery, where she spent the rest of her life without any contact with the world.
enclaustrarse
A pronominal verb phrase combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g., Se dio cuenta del problema.)
2. (general)
a. to shut oneself away
Tras la muerte de su esposa, Matías se enclaustró.After her wife's death, Matias shut himself away.
b. to cloister oneself
Cansado de su vida pública, el actor se enclaustró en una isla.Tired of his public life, the actor cloistered himself away on an island.
c. to hole up (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
¿Vas a venir a la fiesta de Juanita? - No, no puedo. Voy a enclaustrarme el fin de semana; tengo que estudiar muchísimo.Are you coming to Juanita's party? - No, I can't. I'm going to hole up for the weekend; I have to study a lot.
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