turn off

turn off
turn off
1) (leave road) girare, svoltare (cambiando strada)

turn off at the next exit — esca alla prossima uscita

2) [motor, fan] fermarsi, spegnersi; turn off [sth.], turn [sth.] off spegnere [light, oven, TV, radio, engine]; chiudere [tap]; togliere [water, gas]; turn [sb.] off colloq. disgustare, schifare
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1) (to cause (water, electricity etc) to stop flowing: I've turned off the water / the electricity.) spegnere
2) (to turn (a tap, switch etc) so that something stops: I turned off the tap.) chiudere, spegnere
3) (to cause (something) to stop working by switching it off: He turned off the light / the oven.) spegnere
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1. vi + adv
1) (from road) girare, voltare
2) (appliance, machine) spegnersi
2. vt + adv
1) (light, radio, machine) spegnere, (tap) chiudere

I'll turn off the radio — spegnerò la radio

you haven't turned off the tap — non hai chiuso il rubinetto

2) (fam: person: also sexually) fare schifo a
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turn off
1) (leave road) girare, svoltare (cambiando strada)

turn off at the next exit — esca alla prossima uscita

2) [motor, fan] fermarsi, spegnersi; turn off [sth.], turn [sth.] off spegnere [light, oven, TV, radio, engine]; chiudere [tap]; togliere [water, gas]; turn [sb.] off colloq. disgustare, schifare

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