confinar

1. to lock down

From confí +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɱ.fiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.fiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.fiˈnaɾ]

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confinar (first-person singular present confino, first-person singular preterite confiní, past participle confinat)

1. (intransitive) to border

   Synonym: fronterejar

2. (transitive) to confine (to restrict; to keep within bounds)
3. (transitive) to lock down (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

• confinament

• “confinar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “confinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “confinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “confinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From confín +‎ -ar.

confinar (first-person singular present confino, first-person singular preterite confinei, past participle confinado)

1. (transitive) to confine, to imprison (to restrict; to keep within bounds)
2. (transitive) to lock down (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

• confinamento

• “confinar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “confinar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

confinar

1. to confine

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• confinament

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 276
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 174

From confim +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: con‧fi‧nar

confinar (first-person singular present confino, first-person singular preterite confinei, past participle confinado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to border
2. (transitive) to confine (to restrict; to keep within bounds)
3. (transitive) to lock down (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

• confinamento

• “confinar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “confinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From confín +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /konfiˈnaɾ/ [kõɱ.fiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧fi‧nar

confinar (first-person singular present confino, first-person singular preterite confiné, past participle confinado)

1. (transitive) to confine, to limit, to restrict, to keep within bounds
2. (transitive) to lock down, to secure (make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

• “confinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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