prisoner

preso, recluso

Persona que está en prisión mientras espera un juicio o como castigo por un delito.

En inglés sencillo: A person kept in prison while waiting for trial or as punishment for a crime.

• The prisoner stayed in his cell.
• Several prisoners were released last week.
• Guards searched for an escaped prisoner near the town.

Sinónimos: inmate

Expresiones frecuentes: release a prisoner, escaped prisoner, prisoner in something

prisionero, cautivo

Persona retenida en un lugar contra su voluntad y a la que no se permite salir.

En inglés sencillo: A person held somewhere and prevented from leaving against their wishes.

• They held her prisoner in a room.
• The army released its prisoners of war.
• He was taken prisoner while crossing the border.

Cómo se usa: hold someone prisoner (The soldiers held him prisoner for three days.); take someone prisoner (The enemy took two officers prisoner.)

Sinónimos: captive

Expresiones frecuentes: take someone prisoner, hold someone prisoner, prisoner of war

prisionero, esclavo

Persona que siente que no puede escapar de una situación, un sentimiento o una forma de vida.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who feels unable to escape a situation, feeling, or way of living.

• He felt like a prisoner of his past.
• Her illness made her a prisoner in her own home.
• They refused to remain prisoners of fear.

Cómo se usa: prisoner of something (She felt like a prisoner of other people's expectations.)

Sinónimos: captive

Expresiones frecuentes: prisoner of something, prisoner of fear, prisoner of circumstances