calabozo

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish calabozo. Doublet of calaboose.

Noun

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calabozo (plural calabozos)

  1. calaboose; prison

Spanish

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps from Late Latin *calafodium, based on Latin fodiō (to dig, bury).

Pronunciation

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  • 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

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calabozo m (plural calabozos)

  1. dungeon
    Synonym: mazmorra
  2. prison, jail
    Synonyms: cárcel, prisión
    • 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.
  3. 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.

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