incommunicado

in·com·mu·ni·ca·do

 (ĭn′kə-myo͞o′nĭ-kä′dō)

adv. & adj.

Without the means or right of communicating with others: a prisoner held incommunicado; incommunicado political detainees.

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[Spanish incomunicado, past participle of incomunicar, to deny communication : in-, not (from Latin; see in-¹) + comunicar, to communicate (from Latin commūnicāre; see communicate).]

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incommunicado

or

incomunicado

adv, adj

(postpositive) deprived of communication with other people, as while in solitary confinement

[C19: from Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar to deprive of communication; see in-¹, communicate]

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in•com•mu•ni•ca•do

(ˌɪn kəˌmyu nɪˈkɑ doʊ)

adv., adj.

1. without means of communication with others: to hold a spy incommunicado.

2. in solitary confinement.

[1835–45, Amer.; < Sp incomunicado, past participle of incomincar to deprive of communication]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

incommunicado - without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees" incommunicative, uncommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

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Translations

in segregazione

incommunicado

[ˌɪnkəmjʊnɪˈkɑːdəʊ] ADJ → incomunicado
to hold sb incommunicado → mantener incomunicado a algn

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incommunicado

[ˌɪnkəmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ] adj
to be kept incommunicado → être tenu(e) au secret

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incommunicado

adj pred → ohne jede Verbindung zur Außenwelt, abgesondert; he was held incommunicado → er hatte keinerlei Verbindung zur Außenwelt; to be incommunicado (fig) → für niemanden zu sprechen sein

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incommunicado

[ˌɪnkəˌmjuːnɪˈkɑːdəʊ] adj to hold sb incommunicado → tenere segregato/a qn

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