isolation

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
isolation n	uncountable (being alone)	aislamiento nm
		retraimiento nm
	Meera talked about the isolation she had felt during her first months in a new country.
	Meera habló sobre el aislamiento que había sentido durante sus primeros meses en un país nuevo.
isolation n	uncountable (microorganism: isolating, separating)	aislamiento nm
		separación nf
	Scientists are working on the isolation of the gene responsible for the condition.
isolation n	uncountable (quarantine)	aislamiento nm
		cuarentena nf
	Doctors use isolation to prevent the spread of diseases.
	Los doctores usan el aislamiento para prevenir la propagación de enfermedades.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
in isolation adv	(apart, separately)	aisladamente adv
	These recent attacks cannot be taken in isolation; they are part of a coordinated threat to security.
in isolation adv	(patient: in quarantine)	en cuarentena loc adv
	The patient was kept in isolation while tests were carried out to identify her illness.
in isolation adv	(prisoner, detainee: separately)	aislado/a adj
	The prisoner was held in isolation for several days after the attack.
	El prisionero fue aislado durante días luego del ataque.
in isolation adv	(person, animal: away from others)	aisladamente loc adv
		en aislamiento loc adv
	Peter lived in isolation as a hermit for decades.
self-isolation n	(staying separate from others while sick)	autoaislamiento nm
		aislamiento nm
social isolation n	uncountable (alienation, segregation)	segregación nf
		marginación nf
		exclusión nf
	Social isolation can have psychological consequences.
	La segregación puede tener consecuencias psicológicas.
		aislamiento social loc nom m

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Spanish:

Collocations: placed in the isolation [hospital, unit, ward, chamber], put [him, the criminal] into isolation, [he] is in isolation, more...

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