Use curfew para una orden oficial que limita la circulación durante ciertas horas.
Use curfew para una orden oficial que limita la circulación durante ciertas horas.
| Incorrect | Correct |
| The city is in curfew tonight. | The city is under curfew tonight. |
| Officials put a curfew for the city. | Officials imposed a curfew on the city. |
| People cannot go outside in the curfew. | People cannot go outside during the curfew. |
Use curfew para una regla personal o familiar sobre la hora de regreso.
| Incorrect | Correct |
| I have curfew at 10 p.m. | I have a 10 p.m. curfew. |
| I lost my curfew by ten minutes. | I missed my curfew by ten minutes. |
| My parents gave me curfew. | My parents gave me a curfew. |
Use curfew para ciudades medievales, campanas antiguas o la costumbre de cubrir el fuego.
| Incorrect | Correct |
| The medieval curfew was a police lockdown. | The medieval curfew was a bell warning households to cover their fires. |
| The curfew fire rang at eight. | The curfew bell rang at eight. |
| Villagers curfewed the fire. | Villagers covered or banked the fire after the curfew. |
Use curfew para la regla o la hora que controla, con under curfew, before curfew, impose a curfew, lift a curfew y break curfew como patrones principales.
In curfew suele ser incorrecto para órdenes públicas, y curfew no debe usarse como verbo común.
Del inglés medio curfeu, procedente del anglofrancés coverfeu, literalmente “cubrir fuego”, la señal para cubrir o apagar los hogares por la noche.