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recluso

prisoner

noun adjective rreh-KLOO-soh Rare

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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