encarcelado

imprisoned, jailed

adjective en-kahr-seh-LAH-doh Rare

Usage Note

Encarcelado is the past participle of encarcelar used as an adjective. It can also function as a noun — un encarcelado ('a prisoner'). The related noun is encarcelamiento ('imprisonment'). Note that cárcel (prison) is feminine despite ending in a consonant, so la cárcel — a gender learners often get wrong.

Examples

"El político fue encarcelado por corrupción."

Natural Translation

The politician was jailed for corruption.

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