gaol

[US]/dʒeɪl/
[UK]/dʒeɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. una prisión o un lugar de detención
vt. encarcelar
Word Forms
Pasadogaoled
Gerundiogaoling
Participio pasadogaoled
Tercera persona singulargaols
Pluralgaols

Example Sentences

He was sent to gaol for stealing.

Él fue enviado a la cárcel por robar.

The criminal was finally caught and put in gaol.

El criminal finalmente fue atrapado y puesto en la cárcel.

She visited her brother in gaol every weekend.

Ella visitaba a su hermano en la cárcel todos los fines de semana.

The gaol was heavily guarded to prevent any escape attempts.

La cárcel estaba fuertemente custodiada para prevenir cualquier intento de fuga.

He spent five years in gaol before being released on parole.

Pasó cinco años en la cárcel antes de ser liberado en libertad condicional.

The gaol cell was small and cramped.

La celda de la cárcel era pequeña y estrecha.

The gaol warden monitored the inmates closely.

El director de la cárcel vigilaba de cerca a los reclusos.

The escapee was caught and returned to gaol.

El fugitivo fue atrapado y regresado a la cárcel.

She works as a counselor in the gaol, helping inmates with their rehabilitation.

Ella trabaja como consejera en la cárcel, ayudando a los reclusos con su rehabilitación.

The gaol was known for its strict discipline and rules.

La cárcel era conocida por su estricta disciplina y normas.

Real-world Examples

" Are the great old houses gaols" ?

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

That fellow is just out of gaol this morning.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

The fellow sent for me to go and see him in gaol.

Source: Summer

She met him at the gaol gates, and brought him straight here.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

I waited for his whistle—I waited for the gallows or the gaol!

Source: Amateur Thief Rafiz

I nearly got into gaol trying to rescue a hack driver from a police constable.

Source: Family and the World (Part 2)

" Even if it were so, I could not send him to gaol. But why should he have left the rest of the money lying about" ?

Source: Family and the World (Part 2)

A suspended interest and a prevalent absence of mind, were perhaps observed by the spies who looked in at the wine-shop, as they looked in at every place, high and low, from the king’s palace to the criminal’s gaol.

Source: A Tale of Two Cities (Original Version)

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