recluir

to confine; to seclude

verb rreh-kloo-EER Rare

Origin: From Latin recludere, to shut away.

Usage Note

Recluir means to shut someone away, typically in prison, a psychiatric facility, or strict isolation. Its reflexive form recluirse means to withdraw from society voluntarily. It is an irregular verb that follows the pattern of construir, inserting a -y- before vowel endings: recluyo, recluyes.... The noun reclusión and the adjective recluso (recluse/prisoner) share the same root.

Examples

"Lo recluirán en una prisión de alta seguridad."

Natural Translation

He will be confined to a maximum-security prison.

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