Encarcelar means ‘to imprison/jail’. It is a regular -ar verb: encarcelo (present), encarcelé (preterite), encarcelado (past participle), encarcelando (gerund).
Encarcelar in use
Encarcelaron al alcalde por corrupciónThe mayor was jailed for corruption
La dictadura encarcelaba a los opositoresThe dictatorship used to imprison its opponents
Si lo declaran culpable, lo encarcelaránIf he's found guilty, he'll be sent to prison
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Indicative
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The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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