encalabozar
Spanish, verb/enkalaboˈθaɾ/
encalabozar is spelled E-N-C-A-L-A-B-O-Z-A-R (11 letters). Encalabozar is a Spanish verb meaning “to jail, imprison (especially in a dungeon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Encerrar o poner a alguien en el calabozo”.
What does encalabozar mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto jail, imprison (especially in a dungeon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Encerrar o poner a alguien en el calabozo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of encalabozar
- encalabozo first-person present singular
- encalabocé first-person preterite singular
- encalabozado participle past
- c-z alternation
- encalabozando gerund
- encalabozada feminine participle past
- encalabozados masculine participle past
- encalabozadas feminine participle past
- encalabozas indicative informal present
- encalabozás indicative informal present
- encalaboza indicative present singular
- encalabozamos first-person indicative plural
- encalabozáis indicative plural present
- encalabozan indicative plural present
- encalabozaba first-person imperfect indicative
- encalabozabas imperfect indicative second-person
- encalabozábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- encalabozabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encalabozar?
- /enkalaboˈθaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.ka.la.β̞oˈθaɾ]
- /enkalaboˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.