What is the Spanish word for "shackle"?

Learn how to say "shackle" in Spanish with examples and practice

English

shackle

Spanish

grillete

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Alternative translations of "shackle"

cadena
esposar
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Examples of how to use "shackle" in Spanish

English
A prisoner was held in a heavy shackle.
Spanish
Un prisionero fue encadenado con una pesada esposas.
English
A heavy shackle weighed down his leg.
Spanish
Una pesada esposas pesaba en su pierna.
English
The prisoner removed the rusted shackle carefully.
Spanish
El prisionero removió cuidadosamente la esposas oxidadas.
English
They could not unlock the single shackle.
Spanish
No pudieron abrir la única esposas.
English
She felt a shackle around her wrist.
Spanish
Ella sintió una esposas alrededor de su muñeca.

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