write off

• Verbo compuesto que significa cancelar una deuda, considerar algo como pérdida o fracaso, o descartar a alguien o algo por considerarlo insignificante.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of canceling a debt, considering something as a loss or failure, or dismissing someone or something as insignificant.

incontable · verbo irregular · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. formal

   To officially cancel a debt, acknowledging that it will not be paid.

   Cancelar una deuda

   • The bank decided to write off the bad loan.
   • The company wrote off millions in unpaid invoices.
   • They had to write off the debt after the client went bankrupt.

   Sinónimosannulcanceldischargeforgiveremitwaive

2. Dismiss as worthlessinformal

   To decide that someone or something is not important, useful, or worth considering.

   Descartar como insignificante

   • Don't write him off just because he's young.
   • Many critics wrote off the movie before it was released.
   • She wrote off his suggestion as impractical.

   Sinónimosbrush offdiscountdismissdisregardignorepooh-poohrejectshrug off

   Antónimosappreciaterespectvalue

3. Destroy completelyinformal

   To damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired.

   Destruir por completo

   • He wrote off his car in the accident.
   • The storm wrote off the entire crop.
   • The fire wrote off the building.

   Sinónimosdemolishdestroysmashtotaltrashwreck

   Antónimosfixmendrebuildrepairrestoresalvage

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