WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| lockdown n | (security measure: confinement) | cierre de emergencia nm + loc adj |
| | The school practises a lockdown once a year. |
| | La escuela practica un cierre de emergencia una vez por año. |
| lockdown n | (mass quarantine to control disease) | confinamiento nm |
| | | aislamiento nm |
| | (informal) | cuarentena nf |
| | During lockdown, we were allowed out only to take exercise or go shopping. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
lock [sth] down,
lock down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (make secure) | asegurar⇒, sujetar⇒ vtr |
| | (con cuerdas) | atar⇒, amarrar⇒ vtr |
| | Please securely lock down the skis on the roof rack. |
| | Por favor, asegura bien los esquís en el portaequipajes. |
lock [sth] down,
lock down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (restrict movement within area) | restringir la circulación en loc verb + prep |
| | | cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | Police have locked down the entire street until they can ascertain that the package is not harmful. |
lock [sb] down,
lock down [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (restrict movement of people) | confinar a vtr + prep |
| | | encerrar a vtr + prep |
| | Governments are locking down their populations in response to the fast-spreading virus. |
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