gaol
gb/ɡˈeɪl/ us/ɡˈeɪl/
C1
Kiingereza
börtön, bebörtönöz, börtönbe zár
NOMINO
C1
LEGAL
1
börtön
A2
Muundo wa matumizi:
in (a/the) gaol; go to gaol; be sent to gaol
He spent six months in gaol for fraud.
Csalásért hat hónapot töltött börtönben.
The court sent her to gaol after she broke the terms of her sentence.
A bíróság börtönbe küldte, miután megszegte az ítéletében előírt feltételeket.
The old courthouse had a small gaol behind it.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
He is in gaol.
Börtönben van.
She went to gaol.
Börtönbe került.
Kosa la kawaida:
Do not confuse gaol with goal; gaol is pronounced like jail.
Maana
a prison; jail (UK spelling)
Miunganiko ya maneno
go to gaol
|be in gaol
|send someone to gaol
|serve time in gaol
|be released from gaol
|local gaol
|county gaol
|gaol cell
|gaol sentence
|gaol term
Visawe
jail (The more common spelling, especially in American English.)
|
prison (More general term; not tied to this particular spelling.)
Vinyume
freedom (The state of not being imprisoned.)
|
release (The act or result of being freed from custody.)
Mada
crime
|law
|society
Ufafanuzi
A gaol is a prison (spelled this way in some countries).
A prison; a place where people are kept because they have been accused or convicted of a crime.
KITENZI
C2
LEGAL
2
bebörtönöz
B2
börtönbe zár
B1
Muundo wa matumizi:
gaol [someone] (for [something])
The judge can gaol repeat offenders for longer terms.
A bíró hosszabb időre is bebörtönözheti a visszaeső elkövetőket.
He was gaolled for contempt of court.
A bíróság megsértése miatt bebörtönözték.
In earlier times, debtors could be gaolled for owing money.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
They gaolled him for robbery.
Rablásért bebörtönözték.
Kosa la kawaida:
This verb form is uncommon in modern English; people usually say jail or imprison.
Maana
to put someone in jail
Miunganiko ya maneno
gaol someone for theft
|gaol a protester
|gaol an offender
|gaol someone without trial
Visawe
jail (More common verb form in modern English.)
|
imprison (More formal and widely used across varieties.)
Vinyume
free (To release someone from confinement.)
|
release (To let someone leave prison or custody.)
Mada
crime
|law
Ufafanuzi
To gaol someone means to put them in prison.
To put someone in prison; to imprison.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
gaol
IPA
GB/ɡˈeɪl/
US/ɡˈeɪl/
Silabi na mkazo
gaol (silabi 1)
Stress on 1st syllable (gaol)
Maumbo ya neno
Noun
- Base: gaol
- Plural: gaol, gaols
Verb
- Base: gaol
- 3rd Person Singular: gaols
- Present Participle: gaoling
- Past: gaoled
Familia ya neno
Forms
gaols
noun
gaoling
verb
gaoled
verb
Core family
jail
noun B1
Related words
gaoler
noun
jailer
noun
Advanced or less common
jailbird
noun
Semi
be in gaol
1/bˈi ˈɪn ɡˈeɪl/
fixed phrase
legal
be imprisoned
If someone is in gaol, they are in prison.
Mifano
- His father is in gaol at the moment.
- She was in gaol awaiting trial.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- He is in gaol.
break out of gaol
1/bɹˈeɪk ˈaʊt əv ɡˈeɪl/
fixed phrase
escape from prison
To break out of gaol means to escape from prison.
Mifano
- Two prisoners broke out of gaol overnight.
- He tried to break out of gaol but was caught within hours.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- They broke out of gaol.
go to gaol
1/ɡˈoʊ tə ɡˈeɪl/
fixed phrase
legal
be sent to prison
To go to gaol means to be put in prison.
Mifano
- If you keep breaking the law, you could go to gaol.
- He went to gaol for tax evasion.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- He went to gaol.
send someone to gaol
1/sˈɛnd sˈʌmwˌʌn tə ɡˈeɪl/
fixed phrase
legal
order someone to prison
If a court sends someone to gaol, it makes them go to prison.
Mifano
- The judge sent him to gaol for three years.
- They said the new law would send more people to gaol.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The judge sent him to gaol.