calabozo
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish calabozo. Doublet of calaboose.
Noun
[edit]calabozo (plural calabozos)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Perhaps from Late Latin *calafodium, based on Latin fodiō (“to dig, bury”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /kalaˈboθo/ [ka.laˈβ̞o.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kalaˈboso/ [ka.laˈβ̞o.so]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -oθo
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: ca‧la‧bo‧zo
Noun
[edit]calabozo m (plural calabozos)
- dungeon
- Synonym: mazmorra
- prison, jail
- 2020 June 7, “La muerte de Giovanni evidencia los abusos sistemáticos de la policía en México”, in El País[1]:
- Al día siguiente, el 5 de mayo, la tía fue a buscar a su sobrino al calabozo y le informaron que había fallecido.
- The next day, May 5th, the aunt went to the jail in search of her nephew and was informed that he had died.
- prison cell
- Synonym: celda
- 2016 January 18, “Uno de los bomberos detenidos: “Nos trasladaron como a terroristas””, in El País[2]:
- "Se pusieron agresivos. Nos quitaron los cordones y nos metieron a todos juntos en un calabozo de 3x3, muy sucio y con un baño... inhumano", narra el sevillano, que todavía se encuentra en la isla de Lesbos.
- They turned aggressive. They took our shoelaces and put all of us together in a filthy 3x3 cell with one bathroom...inhumane", narrates the Sevillian who still lives on the island of Lesbos.
Derived terms
[edit]- encalabozar (verb)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “calabozo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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