1 (not allowed) [+book, food, love] prohibido it is a story of betrayal and forbidden love This diet means you can stop counting calories, stop fretting about forbidden foods The firm's managers procure the forbidden goods from friendly third parties ...the Vatican's Index of forbidden books
to be forbidden estar prohibido
Smoking was forbidden everywhere All traffic in the hides and horns of wild animals is strictly forbidden Birth control is forbidden In Europe, abortion is forbidden only in Ireland
smoking is forbidden está prohibido fumar; abortion is forbidden in this country el aborto es ilegal está prohibido en este país;or to be strictly forbidden estar terminantemente prohibido; it is forbidden to está prohibido
It is forbidden to drive faster than 20mph It is forbidden to bathe in the sea here.
preaching was forbidden to women predicar estaba prohibido para las mujeres; predicar les estaba prohibido a las mujeres
Preaching was strictly forbidden to women
2 (out of bounds) [+area, zone] prohibido; vedado This was a forbidden area for foreigners The ship had deliberately disobeyed orders and entered a forbidden zone We were foreigners in a forbidden area
[+city] prohibido ...the forbidden city of Krasnoyarsk-26 in Siberia
some cities are forbidden to foreigners a los extranjeros se les prohíbe les está prohibido entrar en algunas ciudades;or
forbidden territory ground Before venturing into the forbidden territory of secret love, ask yourself whether you can cope with all the guilt The war was a forbidden subject
that's forbidden territory eso es tabú
3 (taboo) [+word, feeling] tabú So mother and daughter begin with the pain of hostile feelings between them; then they have to cope with the secondary problem of knowing these are forbidden feelings divorce? It was such a forbidden word
a forbidden subject un (tema) tabú
