Encerrarme (en. Lock me up)

/enθeˈraɾme/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To place someone in a closed space.

I decided to lock myself in my room to study.

Decidí encerrarme en mi habitación para estudiar.

To limit access to a person or thing.

The guilty one locked himself in the house.

El culpable se encerró en la casa.

To distance oneself from social contact or others.

Since the incident, I prefer to lock myself up and not go out.

Desde el incidente, prefiero encerrarme y no salir.

From the Latin 'insera', which means 'to put inside', combined with 'me', indicating a reflexive action.

lock myself in within myself

To reflect or introspect, to withdraw from others.

encerrarme en mí mismo

lock myself in four walls

To exclude oneself physically or emotionally from the outside world.

encerrarme en cuatro paredes

I don’t want to lock myself up

To express the desire to socialize or not to isolate oneself.

no quiero encerrarme

to enclose

Act of putting something or someone inside a limited space.

encerrar

enclosure

State or condition of being locked away.

encierro

a trap

Trap or situation in which someone is forced into confinement.

encerrona

To isolate oneself in an extreme way.

I need a break; I'm about to lock myself up and not talk to anyone.

Necesito un break, estoy a punto de encerrarme y no hablar con nadie.

To take personal time away from the noise.

I'm going to lock myself up this weekend to connect with myself.

Voy a encerrarme este fin de semana para conectar conmigo.