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A power outage or blackout. It refers to the frequent loss of electricity, whether caused by an unpaid bill or the power company toggling the grid or rationing service. (CDE refers to the state-run electricity corporation in the Dominican Republic).
1, Damn, they cut my power again but it is no big deal, I will just give Jose 100 pesos to hook it back up for me. 2, Those bastards at the CDE took the power again, the third time today.
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A prolonged power outage or blackout. These are a common occurrence in the Dominican Republic and can last for several hours or even days.
Dammit, the power went out again; I bet this is one of those apagones that lasts for a few hours straight.
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A term for a blackout or power outage that leaves homes or businesses without electricity. In Ecuador, an apagon is common during grid failures or scheduled energy rationing (often due to droughts affecting hydroelectric power).
With this three-hour apagon, everything I have in the fridge is going to defrost.
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A state of unconsciousness caused by fainting or being knocked out cold in a fight. When someone suffers an Apagon, usually from a heavy blow to the head, it is a common joke that they wake up asking if anyone got the license plate of the truck that hit them (a local idiom describing the disorientation of being hit with extreme force).
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