English → Spanish
jail, (British) gaol
/AmE dʒeɪl 
, BrE dʒeɪl /
A
noun
cárcel f, prisión f
she's in jail está presa or en la cárcel
he went to jail lo metieron preso
(before noun): jail sentence pena f de prisión
B
transitive verb
encarcelar
he was jailed for life lo condenaron a cadena perpetua
she was jailed for theft la metieron presa por robo