burn off

quemar, gastar

Gastar la energía de los alimentos, normalmente haciendo ejercicio o moviéndose.

En inglés sencillo: To use energy from food, usually by moving or exercising.

• Walking helps you burn off calories.
• The children burned off some energy in the park.
• How much exercise burns off a large meal?

Cómo se usa: burn something off (A long walk helped me burn the extra calories off.)

Sinónimos: use up, expend

Expresiones frecuentes: burn off calories, burn off energy

disiparse

Desaparecer por el calor, especialmente la niebla o las nubes al calentarlas el sol.

En inglés sencillo: To disappear because of heat, especially when the sun warms fog or cloud.

• The fog will burn off soon.
• By noon, the mist had burned off.
• Low clouds usually burn off as the day warms.

Sinónimos: clear, dissipate

Expresiones frecuentes: burn off gradually, burn off completely

eliminar con calor, quemar

Eliminar algo o hacerlo desaparecer usando calor.

En inglés sencillo: To make something disappear or remove it by using heat.

• The sun will burn off the fog.
• He burned off the old paint with a torch.
• Can this heater burn off the moisture?

Cómo se usa: burn something off (The sun burned the mist off.)

Sinónimos: remove, burn away

Expresiones frecuentes: burn off something, burn off paint

quemar gas sobrante

Eliminar el gas que sobra en un pozo petrolífero quemándolo.

En inglés sencillo: To get rid of unwanted gas from an oil well by setting it on fire.

• They burn off unwanted gas.
• The oil company burned off gas above the well.
• Why is so much methane being burned off here?

Cómo se usa: burn off something (The plant burns off excess gas at night.)

Sinónimos: flare, flare off

Expresiones frecuentes: burn off gas, burn off excess gas

malgastar, despilfarrar

Gastar algo valioso sin conseguir ningún resultado útil.

En inglés sencillo: To use up something valuable without producing a useful result.

• The company is burning off cash.
• We burned off scarce fuel while waiting.
• Leaving equipment running burns off resources needlessly.

Cómo se usa: burn off something (The idle machines burn off fuel for no useful purpose.)

Sinónimos: waste, squander

Antónimos: conserve

Expresiones frecuentes: burn off cash, burn off resources

dejar atrás, sacar ventaja a

Avanzar mucho más rápido que un rival y dejarlo atrás, especialmente al empezar una carrera.

En inglés sencillo: To move much faster than a competitor and leave them behind, especially at the start of a race.

• He burned off his rivals immediately.
• The red car burned us off at the lights.
• Can she burn off the field in the opening lap?

Cómo se usa: burn someone off (She burned the other runners off at the start.)

Sinónimos: outpace, leave behind

Expresiones frecuentes: burn off someone, burn off rivals