Jail, prison - Cárcel (The 2043rd Most Common Spanish Word)

The translation for Jail, prison in Spanish is Cárcel. It can be used as noun. This word often comes up when talking about law. It is classified as a B1 word, and is the 2043rd most common word in Spanish. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Our app offers over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common Spanish words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

English: jail, prison

Spanish: cárcel

Examples


I don't want to go back to jail.	No quiero volver a la cárcel.
I really don't want to go back to jail.	Realmente no quiero volver a la cárcel.
I'm in prison.	Estoy en la cárcel.
I can't go back to jail.	No puedo volver a la cárcel.
He's in prison.	Él está en la cárcel.
Life in prison is worse than the life of an animal.	La vida en la cárcel es peor que la vida de un animal.
Yesterday I spent the night in jail.	Ayer pasé la noche en la cárcel.
When I got out of jail, the first thing I wanted to do was to eat at my favorite restaurant.	Cuando salí de la cárcel, lo primero que quise hacer fue comer en mi restaurante favorito.

He escaped from prison.	Escapó de la cárcel.
They escaped from prison.	Ellos se escaparon de la cárcel.
Has prison changed him	¿Le ha cambiado la cárcel
Denmark’s a prison.	Dinamarca es una cárcel.
Tom belongs in prison.	Tom pertenece a la cárcel.
Sami was in a county jail.	Sami estaba en la cárcel del condado.
Maintaining a criminal in the jail is very expensive.	Mantener a un bandido en la cárcel cuesta muy caro.
After spending four years in jail, he was set free for good behaviour.	Después de haber pasado cuatro años en la cárcel, los soltaron por buena conducta.
If the alternative is jail, could you live in Canada	Si la alternativa es la cárcel, ¿podrías vivir en Canadá
After his arrest he spent several months in prison.	Después de su detención pasó varios meses en la cárcel.
It was written while the author was in prison (Eph.	Fue escrito mientras el autor estaba en la cárcel (Efe.
If you behave nicely, you might go to jail.	Si te portas bien, podrías ir a la cárcel.
John had a lonely and somewhat bitter experience in prison.	Juan tuvo una solitaria y un tanto amarga experiencia en la cárcel.