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to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way. limitar, restringir. Let's confine our discussion to the matter in question, please! Limitemos nuestra discusión al asunto en cuestión, por favor. Please confine your use of the phone to business calls. Por favor, limite el uso del teléfono a las llamadas de trabajo.
confine - English-Spanish Dictionary - WordReference.com. Listen: UK:* /kənˈfaɪn/ definition | Conjugación [ES] | English synonyms | English collocations | Conjugator [EN] | in context | images. Inflections of ' confine ' ( v ): ( ⇒ conjugate) confines. v 3rd person singular. confining. v pres p. confined. v past. confined. v past p. WordReference.
to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way: Let's confine our discussion to the matter in question, please! Please confine your use of the phone to business calls. By closing the infected farms we're hoping to confine the disease to the north of the region (= stop it from spreading to other areas). C2 [ T usually passive ]
verb. uk / kənˈfaɪn/ us / kənˈfaɪn/ Add to word list. C2 [ T ] to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way. limitar, restringir. Let's confine our discussion to the matter in question, please! Limitemos nuestra discusión al asunto en cuestión, por favor. Please confine your use of the phone to business calls.
1. (= imprison) encerrar (in, to en) to be confined to bed tener que guardar cama. to be confined to one’s room no poder dejar su cuarto. 2. (= limit) limitar. to confine o.s. to doing sth limitarse a hacer algo. please confine yourself to the facts por favor, limítese a los hechos.
Learn the meaning, usage and origin of the word confine, which can be a verb or a noun. Find out how to say confine in different contexts, such as enclosing, limiting, imprisoning or restricting, and see synonyms and related words.
1. tr. Desterrar a alguien, señalándole una residencia obligatoria. 2. tr. Encerrar o recluir algo o a alguien en un lugar determinado o dentro de unos límites. U. t. c. prnl. Se confinó en su casa.
