penitentiary

penitenciaría, prisión

Prisión, especialmente para personas condenadas por delitos graves.

En inglés sencillo: A prison, especially one for people who have been found guilty of serious crimes.

• He was sent to a penitentiary.
• She spent five years in a federal penitentiary.
• The state penitentiary holds prisoners convicted of serious crimes.

Sinónimos: prison

Expresiones frecuentes: federal penitentiary, state penitentiary, maximum security penitentiary

penitenciario

Sacerdote católico encargado de escuchar a quienes confiesan sus pecados y concederles el perdón religioso.

En inglés sencillo: A Catholic priest whose duties include hearing people admit their sins and giving religious forgiveness.

• The penitentiary heard her confession.
• He was appointed penitentiary at the cathedral.
• The bishop asked the penitentiary to advise the young priest.

Expresiones frecuentes: cathedral penitentiary, the penitentiary priest, consult the penitentiary

penitenciario, penal

Relacionado con el castigo de quienes cometen delitos, especialmente mediante el encarcelamiento.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with punishing people who have committed crimes, especially by keeping them in prison.

• The report examines the penitentiary system.
• New rules changed penitentiary administration across the country.
• She studied penitentiary reform and the treatment of prisoners.

Sinónimos: penal

Expresiones frecuentes: penitentiary system, penitentiary institutions, penitentiary reform

penitencial

Relacionado con actos religiosos que expresan arrepentimiento por los pecados y buscan el perdón.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with religious acts that show sorrow for sins and seek forgiveness.

• Fasting formed part of their penitentiary discipline.
• The text describes several penitentiary practices used in the monastery.
• These penitentiary prayers express sorrow for past sins.

Sinónimos: penitential

Expresiones frecuentes: penitentiary discipline, penitentiary practices, penitentiary prayers