blackout

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
blackout n	(electricity: power outage)	apagón nm
	There was a city-wide blackout following the lightning storm.
	Después de la tormenta eléctrica hubo un apagón en toda la ciudad.
blackout n	(TV, radio: no broadcasting) (emisión)	suspensión nf
	Channel 3 is in the middle of a blackout caused by the storm.
	El Canal 3 está en suspensión debido a la tormenta.
blackout n	(hiding all lights in wartime)	oscurecimiento nm
		apagón nm
	During World War II, the government required all citizens to take measures for the blackout.
	Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el gobierno exigió a todos los ciudadanos que tomaran medidas para el oscurecimiento.
blackout n	(sudden unconsciousness)	desmayo nm
		desvanecimiento nm
	(medicina)	lipotimia nf
	Sam experienced a blackout when his blood pressure plummeted suddenly.
	Sam experimentó un desmayo cuando la presión sanguínea se le bajó de golpe.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
blackout n	(drug or alcohol induced amnesia) (figurado)	laguna nf
	Have you ever experienced a blackout after drinking too much?
blackout n	mainly US (commerce: period of unavailability)	embargo nm
		bloqueo nm

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
black [sth] out, black out [sth] vtr phrasal sep	(obscure light source)	oscurecer⇒ vtr
Note: The single-word form is used when the term is or modifies a noun
	During times of war, many civilians have to black out their windows so the enemy won't know where to bomb.
	Durante la guerra mucho gente tenía que oscurecer sus ventanas para que el enemigo no supiera dónde bombardear.
black [sth] out, black out [sth] vtr phrasal sep	(city, house: turn off lights) (ciudad, casa)	cortar la luz de loc verb
	The entire city had to be blacked out when the air raid siren sounded.
	Cortaron la luz de toda la ciudad cuando sonó la sirena del ataque aéreo.
black [sth] out, black out [sth] vtr phrasal sep	(obscure to prevent reading)	borrar⇒ vtr
		suprimir⇒ vtr
	During wartime, censors often blacked out huge sections of soldiers' letters to their families.
black out vi phrasal	informal (lose consciousness)	desmayarse⇒ v prnl
	The head injury during the car accident caused him to black out.
	La herida en la cabeza durante el accidente hizo que se desmayara.

Compound Forms: blackout \| ~~black out~~
Inglés		Español
blackout blinds npl	(window covering: eliminates light) (voz inglesa)	cortina blackout nf + adj
blackout curtains npl	(window drapes: eliminate light)	cortinas opacas loc nom fpl
blackout day, blackout date n	(travel: day with no discounts)	día sin descuentos nm + loc adj
news blackout n	(law: media censorship)	apagón informativo grupo nom m

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Collocations: [draw, close] the blackout curtains, during a blackout period, experiences [many, frequent] blackout periods, more...

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