turn off

apagar, desactivar

Usar los controles para apagar una luz, una máquina o una función.

En inglés sencillo: To stop a light, machine, or feature from working by using its controls.

• Please turn off the light.
• I turned my phone off during dinner.
• Have you turned off email notifications?

Cómo se usa: turn something off (Please turn the television off.); turn it/them off (The lights are bright; turn them off.)

Sinónimos: switch off, deactivate

Antónimos: turn on

Expresiones frecuentes: turn off lights, turn off something, turn off notifications

apagarse

Dejar de funcionar una máquina o una luz porque se corta su alimentación eléctrica.

En inglés sencillo: If a machine or light does this, it stops working because its power is stopped.

• The screen turns off after a minute.
• My laptop turned off during the film.
• Why does the light keep turning off?

Sinónimos: switch off, shut down

Antónimos: turn on

Expresiones frecuentes: turn off automatically, turn off suddenly

cerrar, cortar

Cerrar un grifo o una válvula para que deje de salir agua o gas.

En inglés sencillo: To close a tap or valve so that water or gas stops flowing.

• Turn off the tap, please.
• We turned the gas off before repairing the pipe.
• Has anyone turned off the water supply?

Cómo se usa: turn something off (Turn the tap off when you finish washing.)

Sinónimos: shut off

Antónimos: turn on

Expresiones frecuentes: turn off water, turn off gas, turn off taps

desagradar, repeler

Hacer que alguien pierda el interés o sienta rechazo o asco.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone lose interest or feel dislike or disgust.

• That smell really turns me off.
• His rude jokes turned several guests off.
• Does all that violence turn you off the film?

Cómo se usa: turn someone off (His constant complaining turned me off.); turn someone off something (The poor service turned us off that restaurant.)

Sinónimos: put off, repel

Antónimos: attract

Expresiones frecuentes: turn off someone, turn off customers

apagar el fuego

Dejar de calentar la comida apagando el fuego o la placa donde se cocina.

En inglés sencillo: To stop heating food by switching off the cooker beneath it.

• The beans are cooked; turn them off.
• I turned off the potatoes before they became too soft.
• Can you turn off the soup while I serve dinner?

Cómo se usa: turn off something (The rice is ready, so turn it off.)

Expresiones frecuentes: turn off potatoes, turn off beans

volverse, apartarse

Girar el cuerpo para dejar de estar orientado hacia alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: To turn your body away from someone or something.

• He turned off from me.
• She turned off from the doorway to face the window.
• The child turned off from us and faced the corner.

Cómo se usa: turn off from someone/something (He turned off from the crowd and faced the wall.)

Sinónimos: turn away

Expresiones frecuentes: turn off sideways, turn off abruptly