confinamiento

confinement

noun kohn-fee-nah-MYEN-toh Rare

Origin: From confinar (to confine) + -miento, from Latin finis (border, limit).

Also means

lockdown

Usage Note

Confinamiento gained widespread use during the COVID-19 pandemic to describe the lockdown period — el confinamiento domiciliario (home confinement). Before that it appeared mainly in legal and military contexts for solitary confinement or house arrest. The verb is confinar and the adjective is confinado.

Examples

"Durante el confinamiento, muchos trabajaron desde casa."

Natural Translation

During the lockdown, many people worked from home.

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