gag

chiste, broma

Chiste o travesura hecha para que la gente se ría.

En inglés sencillo: A joke or playful trick meant to make people laugh.

• Everyone laughed at the gag.
• The film is full of clever visual gags.
• He gave her a rubber spider as a gag gift.

Sinónimos: joke, prank

Expresiones frecuentes: visual gag, running gag, gag gift

mordaza

Objeto que se coloca en la boca o sobre ella para impedir que alguien hable o grite.

En inglés sencillo: Something put in or over someone’s mouth to stop them speaking or shouting.

• He removed the gag.
• The prisoner tried to speak through the cloth gag.
• They found her tied to a chair with a gag in her mouth.

Expresiones frecuentes: remove a gag, cloth gag, gag in someone's mouth

orden de silencio, mordaza

Norma oficial que impide hablar de un tema o caso concreto.

En inglés sencillo: An official rule that stops people from discussing a particular subject or case.

• The judge issued a gag order.
• The gag prevented reporters from naming the witness.
• The court lifted the gag after the trial ended.

Cómo se usa: a gag on someone/something (The judge imposed a gag on discussion of the evidence.)

Sinónimos: speech ban, gag order

Expresiones frecuentes: gag order, press gag, lift a gag

tener arcadas

Reaccionar como si se fuera a vomitar, por algo que toca la garganta o por asco.

En inglés sencillo: To react as if you are going to vomit, often because something touches your throat or disgusts you.

• The smell made me gag.
• He gagged as the doctor examined his throat.
• She started gagging after tasting the spoiled milk.

Cómo se usa: gag on something (He gagged on a piece of dry bread.); gag at something (She gagged at the smell of rotten fish.)

Sinónimos: retch, heave

Expresiones frecuentes: gag on something, gag at something, start to gag

silenciar, amordazar

Impedir que alguien hable públicamente de algo mediante normas, órdenes o amenazas.

En inglés sencillo: To stop someone speaking publicly about something by using rules, orders, or threats.

• The government tried to gag the press.
• Staff were gagged by a strict confidentiality agreement.
• A court order gagged the witnesses until the trial was over.

Sinónimos: silence, censor

Expresiones frecuentes: gag the press, gag someone's critics, gag an employee