cárcel

• cárcele
• alcárcel (Eastern Asturias)

From Old Leonese cárcere (Fuero Juzgo, 1241) , from Latin carcer, carcerem.

cárcel f (plural cárceles)

1. prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)

• prisión

From Old Leonese [Term?], from Latin carcer, carcerem.

cárcel f (plural cárceles)

1. prison

• “cárcel”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

Inherited from Old Spanish carcel, from Latin carcerem. The feminine gender is analogous.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾθel/ [ˈkaɾ.θel] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾsel/ [ˈkaɾ.sel] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾθel (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -aɾsel (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cár‧cel

cárcel f (plural cárceles)

1. prison

   Synonyms: prisión, penitenciaría, trullo, (Chile) chucho

• → Central Bikol: karsel
• → Tagalog: karsel

• “cárcel”, 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