🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

intrappolato

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

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trapped/træpt/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 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

The word 'trapped' originates from the Middle English term 'trappen', which is derived from the Old French 'traper', meaning to catch or ensnare. The evolution of its meaning has shifted from a physical entrapment to a more abstract sense of being confined or restricted.

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