alto el fuego

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “stop the fire”.

Noun

alto el fuego m (plural alto el fuego)

1. ceasefire

Further reading

• “alto el fuego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “alto el fuego” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.