Information about the word gaol (English → Esperanto: enprizonigi)

Synonyms: imprison, incarcerate

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/dʒeɪ̯l/
Hyphenationgaol
Shavian alphabet𐑡𐑱𐑤
Deseret alphabet𐐾𐐩𐑊

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) gaol(I) gaoled
(thou) gaolest(thou) gaoledst
(he) gaols, gaoleth(he) gaoled
(we) gaol(we) gaoled
(you) gaol(you) gaoled
(they) gaol(they) gaoled
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) gaol (I) gaoled
(thou) gaol(thou) gaoled
(he) gaol(he) gaoled
(we) gaol(we) gaoled
(you) gaol(you) gaoled
(they) gaol(they) gaoled
Imperative mood
gaol
Participles
Present participlePast participle
gaolinggaoled

Usage samples

Then the prosecutor stood up and demanded that I be gaoled immediately.
A British man who raped a sleeping woman after a house party in Australia has been gaoled.
Prominent activists, including Joshua Wong and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, were later gaoled for participating in an unauthorized public commemoration in 2020.

Translations

Esperantoenprizonigi