encerrar
Meanings
Verb
1. to lock up, to coop up
2. to lock away, put away, to imprison, to nail (in a prison or mental hospital)
3. to enclose, to confine, to immure
4. to contain, to hold, to include, to encapsulate, to entail
5. to stalemate (games)
6. to separate (between brackets, commas) (typography)
7. to take over; occupy (a building) (reflexive)
8. 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 (reflexive)
9. to shy away (reflexive)
Examples26
Me encerré en mi cuarto.
I locked myself in my room.
Tom se encerró en su cuarto.
Tom shut himself up in his bedroom.
Tom se encerró en su cuarto, y no saldrá.
Tom locked himself in his room and won't come out.
Sudáfrica encierra Lesoto completamente.
Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa.
Tom se encerró en el baño y empezó a llorar.
Tom locked himself in the bathroom and started to cry.
Tom se encerró en el baño.
Tom locked himself in the bathroom.