English-Portuguese translations for prison

• cárcere
  Não há liberdade de movimentos; são mais de mil os prisioneiros detidos antes de 1993, mantidos no cárcere como se fossem reféns. There is no free movement and over a thousand prisoners arrested before 1993 have been held in prison as if they were hostages.
  Essas pessoas foram condenadas a longos anos de cárcere por terem ousado opor-se à propaganda comunista do tirano Fidel Castro. These people have been condemned to long years in prison because they dared to oppose the Communist propaganda of the tyrannous Fidel Castro.
• prisão
  A prisão de Jericó já não era uma prisão. The prison in Jericho was no longer a prison.
  Alguns deles ainda se encontram na prisão. Some of them remain in prison to this day.
  Os direitos das mulheres também se aplicam na prisão e aplicam-se precisamente na prisão. Women's rights apply even, and especially, in prison.
• cadeia
  Presos palestinianos nas cadeias israelitas (debate) Palestinian prisoners in Israel (debate)
  Onze mil presos palestinianos estão na cadeia. Eleven thousand Palestinian prisoners are in jail.
  Ela é mulher, tem a idade de V.Ex.ª e está na cadeia. She is a woman, she is your age and she is in prison.
• xadrez
• xadrez Brazil

Definition of 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
• Confinement in prison
• Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home
• To imprison

Examples

• The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
• Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
• The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.

Related words

• prisoner
• imprison
• imprisonment
• imprisoned
• prisonguard
• unimprisoned
• imprisoner
• antiprison
• prisonball