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noun, masculine

apagón

/apaˈɡon/

noun, masculine/apaˈɡon/plural: apagones

blackout, power cut, brownout, power outage (an interruption in the supply of electricity); blackout (an instance of censorship, especially a temporary one); blackout, shutdown

ERCOT ha puntualizado que si bien los hielos han apagado algunas turbinas eólicas, ese ha sido el factor “menos significativo” en los apagones.ERCOT has specified that although the ice has stopped some wind turbines, that has been the “least significant” factor in the blackouts.

From apagar + -ón.