quarantine
/ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/ verbo C2En español: encuarentenar, cuarentenar, encuarentenarse
- To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease. · Venice began quarantining incoming ships for 40 days in 1448 to prevent further outbreaks of bubonic plague.
- To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease. · International travelers must quarantine themselves at their own expense in a designated hotel for 14 days upon arrival.
- Synonym of isolate more generally. · J.F.K. "quarantined" Cuba rather than blockading it to avoid needless escalation of the conflict.
- Synonym of restrict.
He/she/it quarantines · Pasado quarantined · Participio pasado quarantined · Forma en -ing quarantining
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I took a week to go, another to return, four days of quarantine, and forty-eight hours to stay there; that makes three weeks.
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