wall off

separar con un muro, tapiar

Construir un muro para separar o cerrar una zona.

En inglés sencillo: To separate or close an area by building a wall.

• They walled off the doorway.
• We walled part of the garden off for storage.
• Why did the owners wall off that room?

Cómo se usa: wall something off (They walled the passage off.); wall something off from something (A builder walled the kitchen off from the hall.)

Sinónimos: partition, seal off

Expresiones frecuentes: wall off something, wall off a room

aislar

Mantener a alguien o algo completamente separado de personas o influencias externas.

En inglés sencillo: To keep someone or something completely separate from outside people or influences.

• He walled himself off from his friends.
• The rules wall off local businesses from international competition.
• She had walled off her emotions after the accident.

Cómo se usa: wall someone/something off from something (The policy walled the country off from foreign trade.)

Sinónimos: isolate, cut off

Expresiones frecuentes: wall off someone, wall off emotions