English
Pronunciation
Verb
turn off (third-person singular simple present turns off , present participle turning off , simple past and past participle turned off )
( transitive ) To power down , to put out of operation , to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave.
( transitive ) To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas.
Remember to turn the tap off once you've finished so you don't waste water.
( transitive ) To repulse , disgust , or discourage .
Cigarette smoking really turns me off .
( intransitive ) To leave a road ; to exit .
Turn off at the next exit so we can have lunch.
Usage notes
In sense 1 the object is normally a thing. It may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.
In sense 2 the object is normally a person. It may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
switch off appliance or light
Armenian: անջատել (hy) ( anǰatel )
Aromanian: astingu
Belarusian: выключа́ць impf ( vyključácʹ ) , вы́ключыць pf ( výključycʹ )
Burmese: မှိတ် (my) ( hmit )
Catalan: apagar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 關 / 关 ( gwaan1 ) , 关 ( gwaan1 )
Mandarin: 關 / 关 (zh) ( guān ) , 关 (zh) ( guān ) , 關掉 / 关掉 (zh) ( guāndiào ) , 关掉 (zh) ( guāndiào )
Czech: vypnout (cs)
Danish: slukke (da)
Dutch: uitzetten (nl) , uitschakelen (nl) ( switch off device or appliance ) , uitdoen (nl) ( light )
Esperanto: elŝalti
Estonian: kustutama
Finnish: sulkea (fi) , laittaa pois päältä , sammuttaa (fi)
French: éteindre (fr)
Friulian: distudâ
Gallo: tuer ( light )
Georgian: გამორთვა ( gamortva ) , გამოთიშვა ( gamotišva ) , გამორთავს ( gamortavs ) , გათიშავს ( gatišavs ) , თიშავს ( tišavs )
German: ausschalten (de) , abschalten (de) ( switch off device, appliance or light ) ; abstellen (de) ( device or appliance ) ; ausmachen (de) ( light )
Greek: κλείνω (el) ( kleíno ) , σβήνω (el) ( svíno ) , απενεργοποιώ (el) ( apenergopoió )
Hebrew: כיבה / כִּבָּה ( kibá )
Hindi: बंद करना ( band karnā )
Hungarian: kikapcsol (hu) ( device or appliance ) , lekapcsol (hu) ( light )
Irish: cas as , múch
Italian: spegnere (it)
Japanese: 消す (ja) ( けす, kesu ) , 切る (ja) ( きる, kiru ) , オフする (ja) ( ofu suru )
Javanese: ꦩꦠꦼꦤꦶ ( mateni )
Khmer: បិទ (km) ( bət )
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Korean: 끄다 (ko) ( kkeuda ) , 턴오프하다 ( teonopeuhada )
Lao: ປິດ ( pit )
Latvian: izslēgt
Lithuanian: išjungti
Macedonian: исклу́чува impf ( isklúčuva ) , га́си impf ( gási ) , изга́сува ( izgásuva )
Nepali: बन्द गर्नु ( banda garnu )
Ngazidja Comorian: uzima
Norwegian: slått på , skru av (no) , få av
Occitan: atudar (oc) , esténher (oc) , esténger
Polish: wyłączać (pl) impf , wyłączyć (pl) pf ( device, appliance, light ) ; gasić (pl) impf , zgasić (pl) pf ( light )
Portuguese: desligar (pt)
Quechua: wañuchiy (qu)
Romanian: închide (ro) , stinge (ro)
Romansch: stüder , stüzzer , stidar , stizar
Russian: выключа́ть (ru) impf ( vyključátʹ ) , вы́ключить (ru) pf ( výključitʹ ) , гаси́ть (ru) impf ( gasítʹ ) , погаси́ть (ru) pf ( pogasítʹ ) ( light ) , туши́ть (ru) impf ( tušítʹ ) , потуши́ть (ru) pf ( potušítʹ ) ( light )
Sardinian: studai
Sicilian: astutari (scn)
Slovak: vypnúť pf
Spanish: apagar (es)
Sundanese: ᮙᮛᮩᮙᮔ᮪ ( mareuman )
Swedish: stänga av (sv) ( device, appliance, light ) , släcka (sv) ( light )
Thai: ปิด (th) ( bpìt ) , ดับ (th) ( dàp )
Tibetan: བསད ( bsad )
Turkish: kapamak (tr)
Turkmen: öçürmek , söndürmek
Ukrainian: вимика́ти impf ( vymykáty ) , ви́мкнути pf ( výmknuty )
Urdu: بند کرنا
Vietnamese: tắt (vi)
rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow
Translations to be checked