No. 13,413 in Spanish
reclusión
Confinement or imprisonment.
In a sentence
La reclusión en un monasterio es una experiencia de introspección.
The confinement in a monastery is an experience of introspection.
In this example, 'reclusión' refers to a voluntary withdrawal or isolation for spiritual or personal reasons.
Después del juicio, el acusado recibió una sentencia de reclusión por diez años.
After the trial, the defendant received a ten-year imprisonment sentence.
Here, 'reclusión' denotes enforced imprisonment or confinement as part of a legal penalty.
Durante la pandemia, muchas personas sintieron la reclusión como algo desalentador.
During the pandemic, many people felt confinement as discouraging.
In this case, 'reclusión' refers to the isolation or staying indoors enforced due to external circumstances like the pandemic.
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