How to Say "outage" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “outage” is “interrupción” — B1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
Examples
Perdón por la interrupción, pero tengo una pregunta.
Sorry for the interruption, but I have a question.
Hubo una interrupción en el servicio de internet esta mañana.
There was an internet service outage this morning.
Trabajamos durante cinco horas sin ninguna interrupción.
We worked for five hours without any break.
The '-ción' Gender Rule
Words that end in '-ción' are almost always feminine. This means you should always use 'la' or 'una' with this word (la interrupción).
Losing the Accent Mark
When you make this word plural, it becomes 'interrupciones' and the accent mark on the 'o' disappears.
The Double 'P' Trap
Mistake: “interrupciónn”
Correction: In Spanish, we use two 'r's (rr) but only one 'p'. Unlike the English word 'interruption', never double the 'p' in Spanish!
Wrong Gender
Mistake: “el interrupción”
Correction: Because it ends in '-ción', it must be 'la interrupción'.
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