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/pɾisjoˈneɾo/
Translation
prisoner, captive
Word origin
From prisión ('prison'), from Latin prehensio ('a seizing, an arrest'), from prehendere ('to seize, to grasp'). The same root gives English 'prison' and 'prehensile'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- prehensio
- English cognates
- prison, prehensile
Grammar
Examples
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The prisoner had spent ten years in jail.
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They freed the prisoners when the war ended.
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The soldier was taken prisoner during the battle.
dureza.
They treated the prisoners harshly.
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Sometimes I feel like a prisoner of my own routine.
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