verb·b1

encerrar

To lock in or confine someone or something inside a place

Encerré al perro en la cocina.

No nos puedes encerrar aquí.

present yoencierro

I lock in / I confine

preterite yoencerré

I locked in / I confined

future yoencerraré

I will lock in

imperative tuencierra

lock in (you)

gerundencerrando

locking in

past participleencerrado

locked in / confined