jail in Tagalog
piitan
/d͡ʒeɪl/
jail in Tagalog: piitan. In English, jail means a place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
Tagalog words for jail
- place for short-term confinement
- piitan
English meaning of jail
- noun A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- noun Confinement in a jail.
- noun The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
- noun In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
jail in a sentence
- He was sent to jail for theft.
- She visited her brother in jail.
Synonyms of jail
jail in other languages
Questions about jail in Tagalog
- What is the meaning of jail in Tagalog?
- Jail in Tagalog is piitan.
- Ano ang jail sa Tagalog?
- Jail: piitan.
- What does jail mean in English?
- Jail means a place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jail (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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