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recinto
     1. n-m. area, site, compound
     2. n-m. enclosure (area)
     3. n-m. pen
cerrado
     1. adj. shut, closed
           El baúl está cerrado. - The trunk is shut.
           Gracias por mantener la boca cerrada. - Thanks for keeping your mouth shut.
     2. adj. closed off (qual, personality trait)
     3. n-m. synonym of cercado
     4. Participle. past participle of cerrar
     cerrar
          1. v. to close, to shut
                No olvides cerrar la puerta. - Don't forget to close the door.
          2. v. to shut down, to close down
                Quieren cerrar tu negocio. - They're trying to shut your business down.
          3. v. to turn off, to shut off (to rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas)
                cerrar el grifo - to turn off the tap
                cerrar la luz - to turn off the lights
          4. v. to enclose
          5. v. to lock, to lock up
          6. v. to seal, to close (e.g. a deal, a breach, a rift)
          7. v. to close up, to close off (e.g. a wound)
          8. v. to close, to conclude, to end
          9. v. to close (itself) (qual, e.g., a store, a door)
          10. v. to close off (oneself)
dentro
     1. adv. inside (for space)
           Dentro de la caja - inside the box
     2. adv. indoors
     3. adv. within, in (for time)
           dentro de cinco minutos - within five minutes
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
           Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812
           la cola del perro - the dog’s tail
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
           Soy de España. - I’m from Spain.
           agua de manantial - springwater
     3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
           una mesa de madera - a wooden table
     4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
           Están hablando del pasado. - They're talking about the past.
           tratarse de - to be about; to concern
     5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
           Murió de hambre. - He died of hunger.
     6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
           un hombre de fe - a man of faith
     7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
           el vuelo de Miami a Chicago - the flight from Miami to Chicago
     8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
           harto de - sick of; tired of
     9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
           Nos protege del frío. - It protects us from the cold.
     10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
           más de - more than
           menos de - less than, fewer than
     11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
           campamento de verano - summer camp
     12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
           De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho. - If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.
     13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
           de día - during the daytime
           de niño - as a child; during childhood
     14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
           goma de mascar - chewing gum
           caña de pescar - fishing rod
dentro de
     1. prep. in, inside
una
     1. n-f. feminine of uno
           a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three
     2. art. feminine singular of un
     3. det. feminine singular of uno
     4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir
     unir
          1. v. to unite, join
                ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!)
          2. v. to merge, conflate
     un
          1. art. a
          2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
prisión
     1. n-f. prison (a place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government)
que
     1. conj. that
           Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad.
     2. conj. than
           Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you.
     3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for
           ¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery!
     4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive)
           Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you.
           Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me.
     5. pron. who; that
           la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie
     6. pron. that; whom
           la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke
     7. pron. that; which
           la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want
     8. prep. than
     9. prep. like, as
     10. part. to
aloja
     1. n-f. lark (bird)
     2. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of alojar
     alojar
          1. v. to house, accommodate
          2. v. to stay, to lodge, to be lodged
                Nos alojamos en el motel al final de la calle. - We're staying at the motel down the road.
a
     1. prep. to
     2. prep. by
     3. prep. at
     4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
           Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you.
los
     1. art. the
           ¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do?
     2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
     3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun
           los que no hablan - those who do not speak
presos
     1. adj. masculine plural of preso
     2. n. plural of preso
     preso
          1. adj. imprisoned
          2. n-m. prisoner
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