Also means
recluse
Usage Note
Recluso refers to a prisoner or inmate, and is the standard formal term used in legal and journalistic writing alongside preso. As an adjective it means 'confined' or 'secluded'. The feminine form is reclusa. Do not confuse with recluta ('recruit'), which sounds similar.
Examples
"El recluso cumplía condena en la cárcel."
Natural Translation
The prisoner was serving a sentence in jail.
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