switch off

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar a ação de desligar um aparelho, a luz ou um mecanismo por meio de um interruptor, ou para parar de prestar atenção.

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.

incontável · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Stop paying attentioninformal

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

   Desligar-se

   • 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.

   Sinônimosdrift off

   Antônimosattendengage

2. Disconnect a deviceformal

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

   Desligar

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscut offdeactivatedisablekillshut downshut offturn off

   Antônimosactivatestartswitch onturn on

Verbo baseswitch