switch off

• Verbo compuesto que se usa para indicar la acción de apagar un dispositivo, una luz o un mecanismo mediante un interruptor, o para dejar de prestar atención.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of turning off a device, light, or machine by operating a switch, or to stop paying attention.

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Stop paying attentioninformal

   To stop listening or paying attention to something, often due to boredom or fatigue.

   Desconectarse

   • I switched off during the long lecture.
   • He tends to switch off when the conversation gets too technical.
   • She switched off completely after the first hour of the meeting.

   Sinónimosdrift off

   Antónimosattendengage

2. Disconnect a deviceformal

   To turn off a device, machine, or light by using a switch or button.

   Apagar un dispositivo

   • Please switch off the lights before leaving.
   • He switched off the computer after finishing his work.
   • Make sure to switch off the engine when refueling.

   Sinónimoscut offdeactivatedisablekillshut downshut offturn off

   Antónimosactivatestartswitch onturn on

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