🇬🇧🇪🇸 incarceration - encarcelamiento : English Lesson

Meaning of "incarceration" ("encarcelamiento"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Incarceration means being locked up in a jail or prison so a person cannot leave. It is a serious punishment given when someone breaks important laws. During incarceration, the person has to stay in a special building with rules, guards, and limited freedom, instead of living at home and going wherever they want.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The magician escaped fake incarceration by turning his handcuffs into a bouquet of flowers.

Our dog considered the bathtub to be a torture chamber of incarceration and shampoo.

My imagination broke free from classroom incarceration and ran off to ride dragons during math.

According to my cat, the carrier is an evil device of feline incarceration used only for trips to the vet.

The villain in our play begged the king for less incarceration and more snack breaks in the royal dungeon.

A woman is led into a gray cell; the heavy door thuds and her incarceration begins. Her incarceration presses at her throat; incarceration holds her steps, locks her world. Incarceration makes a small sun on the floor feel like gold. A guard turns a key and ends the incarceration. She sobs, then laughs.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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