cordon sanitaire

Spanish translation: cordón sanitario

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07:55 Feb 14, 2021
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English term or phrase: cordon sanitaire
Definition from Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
(n.) A protective barrier (as of buffer states) against a potentially aggressive nation or a dangerous influence (such as a pandemic). Borrowed from French, it is also referred to as "sanitary cordon" in certain areas.

Example sentence(s):
  • But while the waters of the lagoon were a corridor for the passage of an epidemic, they were also a natural cordon sanitaire that facilitated an efficient quarantine system as a bulwark against the disease for the rest of Italy. TIME
  • In addition to a cordon sanitaire, which halted travel into or out of the affected areas, the lockdown prohibited the sixteen million people living inside the so-called zone rosse from any movement that was not required for work, health, or other “necessary” reasons. The New Yorker
  • The first thing is the strong-arm methods introduced by the Chinese on January 23rd, when they introduced cordon sanitaire, which is a wholesale quarantine by cordoning off with soldiers and policemen whole geographical areas and communities. The New Yorker
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Spanish translation:cordón sanitario
Definition:
1. m. Conjunto de elementos, medios, disposiciones, etc., que se organizan en algún lugar o país para detener la propagación de epidemias, plagas, etc.
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Elisabet Carreras
Spain
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5 +4cordón sanitario
Elisabet Carreras
5Cordón sanitario
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cordón sanitario


Definition from DRAE:
1. m. Conjunto de elementos, medios, disposiciones, etc., que se organizan en algún lugar o país para detener la propagación de epidemias, plagas, etc.

Example sentence(s):
  • Cordones sanitarios La única forma de detener ideas repugnantes es que la gente las escuche, las razone, las compare, las pase por el filtro de su propia persona y, en definitiva, las rechace finalmente con convicción - eldiario.es  
  • Los partidos de Turingia pactan un "cordón sanitario" contra la ultraderecha tras los polémicos comicios - EuropaPress  
Elisabet Carreras
Spain
Local time: 13:51
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 48

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Cordón sanitario


Definition from Cosnautas:
A raíz de la propagación del virus, se impuso un cordón sanitario que restringió la circulación en 16 ciudades de la provincia de Hubei y afecta a 50 millones de personas.

Example sentence(s):
  • Cordón sanitario europeo frente a la cepa mutante del coronavirus surgida en el Reino Unido - Youtube  
Susana Monsalve Antoranz
Spain
Local time: 13:51
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 15
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