turn off

• Verbo compuesto que se usa para indicar la acción de detener el funcionamiento o el flujo de algo, como un aparato, una luz o el agua, o para provocar en alguien pérdida de interés o rechazo.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of stopping the operation or flow of something, such as a device, light, or water, or to cause someone to lose interest or become repelled.

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Stop a deviceformal

   To cause a device, machine, or light to stop operating by pressing a switch or button.

   apagar

   • Please turn off the lights when you leave.
   • He turned off the television and went to bed.
   • Don't forget to turn off the computer before you go.

   Sinónimosdeactivateshut offswitch off

   Antónimosactivatestartswitch onturn on

2. Cause disgust or disinterestinformal

   To cause someone to lose interest or feel repelled.

   desanimar / repeler

   • His rude comments really turned her off.
   • The movie's slow pace turned off many viewers.
   • The smell of the food turned him off completely.

   Sinónimosalienatedisgustnauseateoffendput offrepelsicken

   Antónimosattractengageenticeexciteinterest

3. Leave a roadformal

   To leave one road and enter another, especially a smaller one.

   desviarse de una carretera

   • Turn off the main road at the next junction.
   • We turned off the highway to find a gas station.
   • She turned off onto a narrow country lane.

   Sinónimosdivergeexitleave

   Antónimosenterjoinmerge

Verbo baseturn