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Pronunciation / Transliteration: grilletes
"Le pusieron grilletes en los tobillos."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A pair of metal rings connected by a chain, used for fastening a prisoner's wrists or ankles.
"The prisoner was led into the courtroom in heavy shackles."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Old English sceacel, of Germanic origin; related to shake, perhaps in the sense of something that shakes or agitates, or from a base meaning 'to bind'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "shackles" is said worldwide
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entraves
Transliteration: entraves
"Il a réussi à briser ses entraves."
Fesseln
Transliteration: Fesseln
"Sie warf die Fesseln der Tradition ab."
catene
Transliteration: catene
"Il prigioniero aveva le catene ai piedi."
grilletes
Transliteration: grilletes
"Le pusieron grilletes en los tobillos."
grilhões
Transliteration: grilhoes
"Ele libertou-se dos grilhões do passado."
बेड़ियाँ
Transliteration: bediyan
"कैदी के पैरों में बेड़ियाँ थीं।"
枷锁
Transliteration: jiāsuǒ
"他挣脱了命运的枷锁。"
족쇄
Transliteration: jokswae
"그는 과거의 족쇄에서 벗어났다."
足枷
Transliteration: ashikase
"彼は古い慣習の足枷を断ち切った。"
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