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isolare

to isolate

verb ee-zoh-LAH-reh Less Common

Origin: Italian isola (island), from Latin insula

Also means

to insulate

Usage Note

Isolare can mean physical isolation (isolare una stanza = to insulate a room) or social/political isolation (isolare un paese = to isolate a country). The reflexive isolarsi means 'to cut oneself off.' It conjugates regularly (-are).

Examples

"Il governo ha deciso di isolare la zona."

Natural Translation

The government decided to isolate the area.

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