prisión

== Asturian == === Etymology === Compare Spanish prisión. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɾiˈsjon/ [pɾiˈsjõŋ] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: pri‧sión === Noun === prisión f (plural prisiones) prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) Synonym: cárcel === Further reading === Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “prisión”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “prisión”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN == Galician == === Alternative forms === prisom, prisão (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese prison, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin prehensiōnem, displacing Old Galician-Portuguese prijon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɾiˈsjoŋ/ [pɾiˈs̺joŋ] Rhymes: -oŋ Hyphenation: pri‧sión === Noun === prisión f (plural prisións) prison (a place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government) 1371, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, doc. 1803: Synonyms: cadea, cárcere, trena place and rope used to retain a cow inside the stable === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “prijon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “prisión”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prisión”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “prisión”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “prisión”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin prehēnsiōnem. Cf. French prison, Portuguese prisão. Doublet of prensión. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɾiˈsjon/ [pɾiˈsjõn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: pri‧sión === Noun === prisión f (plural prisiones) prison (a place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government) Synonyms: cárcel, penitenciaría, penal, CERESO, (Mexico) Cereso ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “prisión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025