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1 rolling blackouts
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2 blackout
1) (a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights: Accidents increase during a blackout.) apagón2) (a ban (on news etc): a blackout of news about the coup.) bloqueo (informativo)3) (a period of unconsciousness: He has had several blackouts during his illness.) amnesia temporal, pérdida de consciencia4) (a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines.) lapsus mental; (neurología) desmayo5) ((also outage) a period of a general power failure.) apagón6) ((in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc.) oscurotr['blækaʊt]1 (through electrical fault) apagón nombre masculino; (in wartime) oscurecimiento general de una ciudad2 (fainting) pérdida de conocimiento, desmayoblackout ['blæk.aʊt] n1) : apagón m (de poder eléctrico)2) faint: desmayo m, desvanecimiento mn.• amnesia o ceguera temporal s.f.• apagón (ELD, INF) s.m.'blækaʊt1) ( loss of consciousness) desvanecimiento m, desmayo mto have a blackout — tener* or sufrir un desvanecimiento
2) ( in wartime) oscurecimiento de la ciudad para que ésta no sea visible desde los aviones enemigos3)a) ( power failure) apagón mb) ( embargo)['blækaʊt]1. N1) (Elec) apagón m2) (Med) desmayo mthere was a media blackout at the request of the police — hubo un bloqueo informativo en los medios de comunicación a petición de la policía
2.CPDblackout curtains N — cortinas fpl opacas
* * *['blækaʊt]1) ( loss of consciousness) desvanecimiento m, desmayo mto have a blackout — tener* or sufrir un desvanecimiento
2) ( in wartime) oscurecimiento de la ciudad para que ésta no sea visible desde los aviones enemigos3)a) ( power failure) apagón mb) ( embargo)
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