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apagón

[apaˈɡon]

noun

LanguageSpanish (Spain)

Meaning
  1. blackout, power cut, brownout, power outage (an interruption in the supply of electricity)
  2. blackout (an instance of censorship, especially a temporary one)
  3. blackout, shutdown
  4. blackout
Examples

El peor apagón eléctrico de la historia reciente de España ha desatado el caos este lunes.

The worst electrical blackout in recent history in Spain has caused chaos this Monday.

Pronunciationapaˈɡon

Part of speechnoun

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.