stop off

hacer una parada, hacer escala

Visitar brevemente un lugar durante un viaje hacia otro destino.

En inglés sencillo: To visit a place briefly while travelling to somewhere else.

• We stopped off for lunch.
• They stopped off in Berlin for a night.
• Can we stop off at my sister’s house?

Cómo se usa: stop off at a place (We stopped off at a café on the way home.); stop off in a place (They stopped off in Paris before flying to Rome.)

Sinónimos: stop over, call in

Expresiones frecuentes: stop off at somewhere, stop off in somewhere

obturar con arena

Rellenar con arena una parte de un molde de fundición para impedir que entre metal.

En inglés sencillo: To fill an unwanted part of a metal-making mould with sand so metal cannot enter it.

• Stop off the unwanted cavity with sand.
• The worker stopped off one section of the mould.
• Which parts must we stop off before pouring the metal?

Cómo se usa: stop off something / stop something off (Stop off this part of the mould with sand.)

Expresiones frecuentes: stop off a cavity, stop something off