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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish calabozo. Doublet of calaboose.
Noun
calabozo (plural calabozos)
- calaboose; prison
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Late Latin *calafodium, based on Latin fodiō (“to dig, bury”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kalaˈboθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kalaˈboso/
- Rhymes: -oθo
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: ca‧la‧bo‧zo
Noun
calabozo m (plural calabozos)
- dungeon
- Synonym: mazmorra
- prison, jail
- Synonyms: cárcel, prisión
2020 June 7, “La muerte de Giovanni evidencia los abusos sistemáticos de la policía en México”, in El País:Al día siguiente, el 5 de mayo, la tía fue a buscar a su sobrino al calabozo y le informaron que había fallecido.- The next day, May 5th, the aunt went to the jail in search of her nephew and was informed that he had died.
- prison cell
- Synonym: celda
2016 January 18, “Uno de los bomberos detenidos: “Nos trasladaron como a terroristas””, in El País:"Se pusieron agresivos. Nos quitaron los cordones y nos metieron a todos juntos en un calabozo de 3x3, muy sucio y con un baño... inhumano", narra el sevillano, que todavía se encuentra en la isla de Lesbos.- They turned aggressive. They took our shoelaces and put all of us together in a filthy 3x3 cell with one bathroom...inhumane", narrates the Sevillian who still lives on the island of Lesbos.
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