blackout

/ˈblæk.aʊt/

Translation

› (en tiempo de guerra)

⇨ período en el que el alumbrado de una ciudad y las luces de las casas tienen que estar apagados

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⇨ apagón

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⇨ desmayo

My father has sudden blackouts

Mi padre sufre desmayos repentinos

(Definition of blackout n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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