coop

gallinero

Refugio pequeño y cerrado donde se guardan gallinas u otros animales pequeños.

En inglés sencillo: A small enclosed shelter where chickens or other small animals are kept.

• The hens sleep in the coop.
• We built a new chicken coop behind the house.
• Have you cleaned the coops yet?

Sinónimos: pen, enclosure

Expresiones frecuentes: chicken coop, wooden coop, clean the coop

encerrar

Mantener a alguien o algo en un espacio pequeño, a menudo durante demasiado tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To keep someone or something in a small space, often for too long.

• Do not coop the children up indoors.
• Bad weather cooped us up for three days.
• I hate being cooped up in a tiny office.

Cómo se usa: coop someone up in something (The rain cooped us up in the house all day.)

Sinónimos: confine, shut in

Antónimos: release, free

Expresiones frecuentes: coop someone up, coop someone indoors, coop someone inside

encerrar en un gallinero

Meter aves u otros animales pequeños en un refugio cerrado.

En inglés sencillo: To put birds or small animals in an enclosed shelter.

• We coop the chickens at night.
• She cooped the hens before the storm.
• The farmer coops his birds to protect them from foxes.

Cómo se usa: coop something up (We coop the hens up before dark.)

Sinónimos: pen, enclose

Expresiones frecuentes: coop the hens, coop the chickens, coop birds up