count out

excluir, descartar

Dejar a alguien fuera de una actividad o considerar que no tiene posibilidades de éxito.

En inglés sencillo: To leave someone out of an activity or decide they cannot succeed.

• Count me out of the trip.
• They counted him out, but he won.
• You cannot count out this team yet.

Cómo se usa: count someone out of something (Don’t count her out of the race yet.)

Sinónimos: exclude, rule out

Antónimos: include

Expresiones frecuentes: count someone out, count out a team

contar y separar

Contar objetos uno a uno mientras se apartan o se entregan a alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To count things one by one while putting them aside or giving them to someone.

• Count out six cards.
• He counted out the money and handed it over.
• She carefully counted out three tablets for each patient.

Cómo se usa: count something out (She counted the coins out onto the table.)

Expresiones frecuentes: count out the money, count out ten coins

declarar fuera de combate

Declarar derrotado a un luchador que no se levanta antes de que el árbitro termine de contar.

En inglés sencillo: To declare a fighter beaten because they do not get up before the referee finishes counting.

• The referee counted him out.
• She was counted out after falling in the fourth round.
• The fighter rose just before he could be counted out.

Cómo se usa: be counted out (The boxer was counted out in the second round.)

Expresiones frecuentes: count someone out, count out a boxer

levantar la sesión por falta de cuórum

Cerrar una sesión parlamentaria porque no hay suficientes miembros presentes.

En inglés sencillo: To end a parliamentary meeting because too few members are present.

• The House was counted out.
• The Speaker counted out the sitting after checking attendance.
• Too few members remained, so the House was counted out.

Sinónimos: adjourn

Expresiones frecuentes: count out the house, count out a sitting

excluir mediante fraude electoral

Impedir que el verdadero ganador de unas elecciones ocupe el cargo mediante un recuento o informe falso de votos.

En inglés sencillo: To keep a rightful election winner out of office by falsely counting or reporting votes.

• Officials counted the winner out.
• They counted her out by changing the vote totals.
• The elected candidate was counted out and never took office.

Expresiones frecuentes: count someone out, count out a candidate