Diego tuvo que tapiar su hacienda para impedir que los coyotes entraran a comerse los cerdos.Diego had to wall in his ranch to prevent the coyotes from coming in and eating the pigs.
El ayuntamiento nos mandó tapiar las puertas y ventanas del edificio abandonado para que no lo ocupen ilegalmente.The local government ordered us to brick up the doors and windows of the abandoned building so that nobody would squat in it.