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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

intrappolato

Pronunciation / Transliteration: in-trap-po-lah-to

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trapped/træpt/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'animale è stato intrappolato nella gabbia."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Caught or confined in a trap.

    "The animal was trapped in the cage for several days before it was rescued."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past tense of trap; to catch or confine someone or something.

    "He trapped the mouse in a humane way and released it outside."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English noun 'trappe' and Old English 'træppe', related to Old Norse 'treppa' (to trap or snare). Over centuries, it evolved from denoting a physical device for catching animals to describing a psychological, emotional, or physical state of being unable to escape.

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