Baja de Corriente, Bajon de Luz

Brownout.

There was a brownout last week.

Reference in News:

The Davao Light and Power Co. signed on Wednesday an agreement with 10 big establishments under a private sector-led initiative that would reduce the frequency of brownouts in the city.

Business World Online.

Dejar la Dieta, Salirse de la Dieta

Fall off one's diet.

She fell off her diet at Christmas.

Reference in Cartoon:









Hagar March 26th 2010.

Rio Crecido

River in flood.

Tocuyo river is in flood twice a year.

Reference in Dictionary.

"The river is in flood (=water has flowed over its banks) again."

Cambridge Dictionary On Line

Zona Franca

Duty-free zone
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Some years ago the Government created a duty-free zone in Punto Fijo.

References in News:

"He wants to create a “duty-free zone” on the Texas-Mexico border."
Dallas News

"The hotel is conveniently located and accessible to all major city attractions including the duty free zone, shopping malls and also the Johor Bahru Causeway, the gateway to Singapore."
New Straits Times

Se Fue la Luz

The lights went out, the power went out.

They were teaching the class when the lights went out.

In my hometown the power goes out everyday.

References in News:

"They lost a semifinal to the Saints here on a day when the lights went out. Of course, Mihalich would have loved to take one more shot at Siena in its home ." Buffalo News

"The power went out again just a few seconds into the second quarter, but came on within a minute. The quarter was re-started, and senior guard Matt Medeiros ..." SouthCoastToday.com

"When the lights went out then, if one lived in Greenwich Village it felt like the big block party was back; but in poor black and Hispanic neighborhoods, hundreds of stores were looted and 25 fires still burned the next morning."
New York Times.

Alimentos no Perecederos

Non-perishable food.

What they need now is non-perishable food.


Reference in News:

“Really what people need is water, non-perishable food, warm clothes, and medicine,” says Aredano. “Help is arriving, but only a bit at a time. It should have come more quickly. That’s why people got so desperate and started looting supermarkets.”
The Christian Science Monitor