locked up, shut in, confined
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | encerrado | encerrada |
Ya de niño estaba siempre solo o encerrado.
Even as a child, I was always alone or shut away.
— Una jornada particular (1977)
No importa que esté encerrado.
It doesn't matter that he's locked up.
— Quieto, muere, resucita (1990)
Mientras estuve encerrado, recuerdo que alguien me visitaba.
While I was locked up, I remember that someone visited me.
— Old Boy (2003)
A Tom no le gusta estar encerrado en su pequeña oficina todo el día.
Tom doesn't like being cooped up in his small office all day.
Algo huele a gato encerrado esta noche.
Something smells fishy tonight.
— Buena suerte, pásalo bien, no mueras (2026)
María se ha encerrado en su habitación y ha cerrado todas las ventanas.
Maria has locked herself in her room and closed all the windows.
Quieres matarme ya mismo, pero no sabrías por qué fuiste encerrado.
You want to kill me right now, but you wouldn't know why you were locked up.
— Old Boy (2003)
Se niega a subir arriba con las viejas, así que la hemos encerrado en el sótano.
She refuses to go upstairs with the old ladies, so we’ve locked her in the basement.
— Fellini, ocho y medio (1963)