shutter

contraventana, postigo

Panel que se cierra sobre una ventana para impedir la entrada de luz o proteger del mal tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: A panel that closes over a window to keep out light or bad weather.

• Please close the shutter.
• The house has blue shutters.
• Wind rattled the wooden shutters all night.

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden shutter, window shutter, close a shutter

obturador

Parte de una cámara que se abre brevemente para dejar pasar la luz al hacer una foto.

En inglés sencillo: The part of a camera that opens briefly to let in light when you take a photograph.

• I heard the shutter click.
• A fast shutter speed helps capture movement.
• Press the shutter button gently to avoid shaking the camera.

Expresiones frecuentes: shutter speed, shutter button, shutter release

cerrar, clausurar

Cerrar un edificio o negocio para que deje de usarse durante mucho tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: To close a building or business so that it will not be used for a long time.

• They plan to shutter the factory.
• The hotel was shuttered after the summer season.
• Falling sales forced the company to shutter three stores.

Sinónimos: close, close down

Antónimos: reopen

Expresiones frecuentes: shutter a factory, shutter a business, shutter a hotel

cerrar las contraventanas

Cerrar los paneles protectores que cubren las ventanas.

En inglés sencillo: To close the protective panels over windows.

• We shutter the windows at night.
• They shuttered the house before the storm.
• Have you shuttered every window upstairs?

Expresiones frecuentes: shutter the windows, shutter a house