outage

BrE /ˈaʊt.eɪdʒ/ AmE /ˈaʊt.eɪdʒ/

noun en → es

1 POWER FAILURE [singular] B1

a period when electricity is not available because of a fault or accident

apagón, interrupción del suministro eléctrico

  • there was/is an outage

Collocations power outage · blackout due to a power outage

  • There was a massive power outage last night.

    Hubo un apagón masivo anoche.

2 SERVICE DISRUPTION [singular] B2

a period when a service is not available because of technical problems or maintenance work

interrupción del servicio, fallo en el sistema

  • there was/is an outage

Collocations internet outage · telecommunication outage

  • The internet service had a major outage yesterday.

    El servicio de internet tuvo una interrupción importante ayer.