blockade

bloqueo

Acción que impide la entrada o salida de personas, barcos o mercancías de un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: An action that stops people, ships, or goods from entering or leaving a place.

• The blockade stopped food deliveries.
• Warships maintained a blockade of the port.
• The government lifted the blockade after the peace agreement.

Sinónimos: siege

Expresiones frecuentes: naval blockade, impose a blockade, lift a blockade

bloqueo, embargo

Restricción oficial o impuesta por la fuerza que aísla algo o impide su funcionamiento.

En inglés sencillo: An official or forceful restriction that cuts something off or prevents it from operating.

• The economic blockade damaged local businesses.
• They demanded an end to the financial blockade.
• The authorities imposed a blockade on trade with the region.

Sinónimos: restriction, embargo

Expresiones frecuentes: economic blockade, financial blockade, legal blockade

fuerzas de bloqueo

Barcos o soldados que impiden a otros entrar en un lugar o salir de él.

En inglés sencillo: The ships or soldiers that stop others from entering or leaving a place.

• Their ship sailed past the blockade.
• The blockade consisted of six warships.
• Additional vessels joined the blockade near the harbor.

Sinónimos: blockading forces

Expresiones frecuentes: enemy blockade, naval blockade, breakthrough the blockade

bloqueo

Impedimento de la actividad de sustancias o partes celulares que transmiten señales químicas en el cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: The prevention of activity in substances or cell parts that carry chemical signals in the body.

• The drug produces receptor blockade.
• Beta blockade can slow the heart rate.
• Researchers measured the degree of blockade after each dose.

Sinónimos: inhibition

Expresiones frecuentes: receptor blockade, beta blockade

bloquear

Impedir que personas, barcos o mercancías entren en un lugar o salgan de él, normalmente mediante fuerzas armadas.

En inglés sencillo: To stop people, ships, or goods from entering or leaving a place, usually using armed forces.

• The navy will blockade the port.
• Soldiers blockaded the roads into the city.
• Warships have blockaded the island for weeks.

Sinónimos: block off, besiege

Expresiones frecuentes: blockade a port, blockade the coast