English-Spanish translations for jail

• cárcel
  Dos antiguos primeros ministros están en la cárcel. Two former prime ministers are in jail.
  Si lo hace, ¿por qué está en la cárcel el Sr. Jodorkovsky? If it does, why is Mr Khodorkovsky in jail?
  Si me consideran culpable, me enfrentaré a una sentencia de tres años de cárcel. If found guilty, I face a three-year jail sentence.
• prisión
  Eso fue hace dos semanas y siguen en prisión. That was two weeks ago and they are still in jail.
  Doce personas fueron de vacaciones y terminaron en prisión. Twelve people went on holiday and have ended up in jail.
  Cualquier persona podría ir a prisión en Dinamarca por quemar el Corán. People could be put in jail in Denmark for burning the Koran.
• penitenciaría
• penal
• presidió
• presidio

Definition of jail

• A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding
• Confinement in a jail
• The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days
• A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance
• To imprison

Related words

• jailhouse
• jailbird
• jailbreak
• jailer
• jailbait
• jailed
• jailing
• jaileress
• jailbreaker