aislamiento

/aislaˈmjento/ · B2 · noun · m

isolation

🧱🔇 aislamiento = a(is)la(r) + miento: making an 'isla' (island) of someone

Aislar comes from isla (island): to turn something into an island, cut off from everything else. The suffix -miento makes it a noun, so aislamiento is the state of being cut off, whether socially, thermally or in a cell.

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