Significado de confine en español

• 0 to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way

  • Let’s confine our discussion to the matter in question, please!

  • Please confine your use of the phone to business calls.

  • By closing the infected farms we’re hoping to confine the disease to the north of the region (= stop it from spreading to other areas).

  • The hostages had been confined for so long that they couldn’t cope with the outside world.

  • We know that the illness is not confined to any one group in society.

  • This attitude seems to be confined to the very wealthy.

• 1 to force sb or sth to remain in a small place

  • animals confined in tiny cages animales confinados en pequeñas jaulas

  • an illness that confines him to bed una enfermedad que lo confina a la cama

• 2 to limit the activity or the spread of sth

  • The disease is confined to these two areas. La enfermedad está restringida a estas dos áreas.