(to) blackball

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00:55 Mar 22, 2021

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English term or phrase: (to) blackball

Definition from American Heritage Dictionary:
To shut out from social or commercial participation; ostracize or boycott.

Example sentence(s):

The mother says she will continue to post on her OnlyFans and seeks to enroll her kids in another Catholic school, one that’s less “judgmental.” She is only concerned the family may be blackballed from the diocese in Sacramento entirely. WWNYTV
The New York Yankees have enough holding them back each and every year. The media rides them like no other team. They’ve dealt with countless devastating injuries, untimely postseason performances, and getting blackballed on the trade market. Fansided
In interviews with more than 40 tradeswomen, most said they had been mistreated because of their sex. They spoke of men grabbing and groping women with impunity, of women being told to go home and work in the kitchen, of being given the most dangerous jobs and the jobs that kept them from learning valuable skills necessary for their careers. The uniformity of some of the stories of abuse was striking: Women who did speak up said they’d had their tools stolen or destroyed, that they been denied dispatches to jobs by their union, or that they’d been blackballed across their trade. USA Today

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poner bola negra

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

4 +1

boicotear

Lisa Russell

4 +1

vetar

M. Luz Gorricho

excluir

Laura Orbegozo

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poner bola negra

Definition from wordreference:
El equivalente en español es una locución verbal
blackball [sb]⇒ vtr figurative (vote to exclude) votar en contra de loc verb
poner bola negra loc verb
dar bola negra loc verb

Example sentence(s):

reclaman al menos el derecho a poner bola negra, y se asegura que lo han ejercido para descartar a Jaime Mayor. - El País
La primera recordó que 124 hombres le pusieron bola negra en aquella asamblea y que Montserrat Caballé se llevó 110 - La Vanguardia

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 10:35
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 242

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boicotear

Definition from Real Academia Española:
1. tr. Impedir a alguien el normal ejercicio de una actividad, generalmente de tipo comercial, profesional o social, como medida de presión para conseguir algo.

2. tr. Impedir o entorpecer la realización de un acto o de un proceso, o el consumo de un producto, como medida de presión para conseguir algo.

Example sentence(s):

No olvidemos lo que sucedió cuando la Unión Europea trató de boicotear a Austria cuando Jörg Haider llegó al poder. - Parlamento Europeo
El llamado de Parga a los miembros del PNP para boicotear el desfile no fue escuchado. - Puerto Rico Herald
Además de actuar como grupos de presión ante los gobiernos, algunas comunidades se han movilizado para boicotear los productos de países con regímenes opresivos, y estimular a particulares para que retiren sus inversiones de compañías que operan en países con regímenes de esa índole o que tienen tratos con ellos. - The Lutheran World Federation

Lisa Russell
United States
Local time: 04:35
Native speaker of:

English

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vetar

Definition from RAE:
Poner veto. Derecho que tiene una persona o corporación para vedar o impedir algo.

Example sentence(s):

https://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20160907/41161191269/donald-trump-elimina-listas-negras-periodistas.html - La Vanguardia

Explanation:
También valdría "poner en la lista negra".
RAE: https://dle.rae.es/lista?m=form#2OcW2Wb

lista negra

1. f. Relación secreta en la que se inscriben los nombres de las personas o entidades consideradas peligrosas o enemigas.

M. Luz Gorricho
Spain
Local time: 10:35
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

10 days confidence:

excluir

Definition from DLE, Wordreference:
Excluir:
- Quitar a alguien o algo del lugar que ocupaba o prescindir de él o de ello.
- Descartar, rechazar o negar la posibilidad de algo.

- Echar a una persona o cosa fuera del lugar que ocupaba.
- Descartar, rechazar.

Example sentence(s):

Excluir a alguien de una junta o comunidad. Excluir una partida de la cuenta. - DLE
Los fieles excluyeron a Jennifer cuando se enteraron que era atea. - Wordreference

Explanation:
Yo interpreto Blackball<i/> en el sentido de ostracize<i/>: to exclude (someone) from society, privileges, membership, etc.<i/>.
De ahí la traducción del término como "excluir".

Laura Orbegozo
Spain
Local time: 10:35
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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