apagón

1. power outage, blackout

electricity supply

• El apagón dejó la casa a oscuras.The power outage left the house in darkness.
• El barrio sufrió un apagón durante una hora.The neighborhood had a power outage for an hour.
• La tienda cerró por el apagón.The shop closed because of the power outage.

2. media blackout, information blackout

lack of media coverage

• La prensa denunció un apagón informativo sobre el caso.The press denounced an information blackout about the case.
• Durante la huelga hubo un apagón informativo.There was a media blackout during the strike.
• El apagón informativo impidió conocer lo ocurrido.The information blackout made it impossible to find out what had happened.