incommunicado
not able or willing to speak
TRANSLATION
incommunicado = nicht in der Lage oder willens sein, zu kommunizieren, isoliert --- GOOGLE INDEX incommunicado: approximately 1,400,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The two nations (South and North Korea) are officially INCOMMUNICADO right now, but the notion of secret behind-the-curtain talks isn't that far-fetched.
(The Atlantic Wire)
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Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners INCOMMUNICADO.
(US congressman Tom McClintock)
(The Atlantic Wire)
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Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners INCOMMUNICADO.
(US congressman Tom McClintock)
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incommunicado
adjective & adverb
- not able, wanting, or allowed to communicate with other people
(Oxford English Dictionaries)
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The English language is a virtual melting pot of linguistic influences that range from Latin, Greek and German to French and Italian. Given the incredible number of immigrants in the United States, American English in particular is full of loan words from around the world. Because of its proximity to South America and especially the shared border with Mexico, Spanish has a special place in American English.
Incommunicado (past participle of incomunicar, which stems from the Latin commicare), is one of the many loan words that entered English via Spanish. A large number of these terms have their roots in the western U.S., having been adopted during the Wild West period. Below are a few examples:
— saloon = bar, drinking establishment. From the Spanish "salon," roughly translated as a respectable gathering place, although the saloons depicted in typical western movies were not necessarily respectable.
— canyon = a large valley with very steep sides and usually a river flowing along the bottom. From the Spanish canon (a pipe or tube).
— burro = a small donkey. From the Late Latin "burricus" (small, shaggy horse) via the Spanish "burrico" (donkey).
— poncho = a piece of clothing made of a single piece of material, with a hole in the middle through which you put your head. Probably stemmed from the Spanish adjective "pocho," meaning faded or discoloured, as in a material.
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SYNONYMS
clammed up, mum, closed-mouth, speechless, tight-lipped, tongue-tied
isolated, sequestered, secluded
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"I'll be incommunicado for a few days, there's no mobile connection where I'm staying."
adjective & adverb
- not able, wanting, or allowed to communicate with other people
(Oxford English Dictionaries)
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The English language is a virtual melting pot of linguistic influences that range from Latin, Greek and German to French and Italian. Given the incredible number of immigrants in the United States, American English in particular is full of loan words from around the world. Because of its proximity to South America and especially the shared border with Mexico, Spanish has a special place in American English.
Incommunicado (past participle of incomunicar, which stems from the Latin commicare), is one of the many loan words that entered English via Spanish. A large number of these terms have their roots in the western U.S., having been adopted during the Wild West period. Below are a few examples:
— saloon = bar, drinking establishment. From the Spanish "salon," roughly translated as a respectable gathering place, although the saloons depicted in typical western movies were not necessarily respectable.
— canyon = a large valley with very steep sides and usually a river flowing along the bottom. From the Spanish canon (a pipe or tube).
— burro = a small donkey. From the Late Latin "burricus" (small, shaggy horse) via the Spanish "burrico" (donkey).
— poncho = a piece of clothing made of a single piece of material, with a hole in the middle through which you put your head. Probably stemmed from the Spanish adjective "pocho," meaning faded or discoloured, as in a material.
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SYNONYMS
clammed up, mum, closed-mouth, speechless, tight-lipped, tongue-tied
isolated, sequestered, secluded
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I'll be incommunicado for a few days, there's no mobile connection where I'm staying."
