quarantine

cuarentena

Tiempo durante el que se permanece separado de los demás para evitar que se propague una posible enfermedad.

En inglés sencillo: A period of staying apart from others to prevent a possible illness from spreading.

• Her quarantine ends tomorrow.
• The animals spent a month in quarantine.
• Travelers had to enter quarantine after arriving.

Cómo se usa: in quarantine (The passengers remained in quarantine for a week.)

Sinónimos: isolation

Expresiones frecuentes: in quarantine, quarantine period, mandatory quarantine

lazareto

Lugar donde se mantiene a personas o animales separados de los demás para impedir que se propaguen enfermedades.

En inglés sencillo: A place where people or animals are kept apart from others to prevent illness from spreading.

• The quarantine stood outside the town.
• Workers cleaned every room in the quarantine.
• The port built a quarantine to house sick travelers.

Sinónimos: isolation facility

Expresiones frecuentes: animal quarantine, port quarantine, quarantine building

poner en cuarentena

Mantener a una persona o animal separado de los demás para evitar que se propague una posible enfermedad.

En inglés sencillo: To keep someone or an animal apart from others to prevent a possible illness from spreading.

• They quarantined the sick animals.
• All passengers were quarantined after the outbreak.
• Should we quarantine anyone who shared her room?

Cómo se usa: quarantine someone/something for a period (Officials quarantined the animals for ten days.)

Sinónimos: isolate

Expresiones frecuentes: quarantine someone, quarantine animals, quarantine passengers

guardar cuarentena, ponerse en cuarentena

Permanecer separado de otras personas para no contagiarles una enfermedad ni contraerla.

En inglés sencillo: To stay apart from other people so that you do not spread or catch an illness.

• You can quarantine at home.
• We quarantined for a week after our trip.
• Anyone exposed to the virus should quarantine themselves.

Cómo se usa: quarantine for a period (We had to quarantine for five days.); quarantine yourself (She quarantined herself after contact with an infected friend.)

Sinónimos: self-isolate, self-quarantine

Expresiones frecuentes: quarantine at home, quarantine for days, quarantine yourself