put off

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put off
verbo transitivo con partícula
1aplazar, posponer (postpone)
  • to p off doing something -> dejar algo para más tarde
2desagradar, resultar desagradable a (cause to dislike)
  • that meal p me off seafood -> después de aquella comida dejó de gustarme el marisco
3distraer (distract)
4(discourage)
  • to p somebody off doing something -> quitarle or sacarle a alguien las ganas de hacer algo (Am)
5tener esperando (make wait)

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put off [put]
  • Put off your clothes -> desnúdese Ud
diferir, dilatar, dejar para otro tiempo; dejar o desistir de una obra, etc.; quitarse algo de encima del cuerpo, despojarse de alguna cosa que se llevaba puesta; poner a un lado, apartar; poner en voga, acreditar, recomendar; dar al público, entretener, desentenderse; embocar, encajar. Salir a la mar; echar el bote al agua.

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put off
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 (postpone, delay) [+departure, appointment, meeting, decision] aplazar; posponer
he put off writing the letter pospuso aplazó el escribir la carta;or
she put off having a baby until her late thirties
I keep putting it off no hago más que aplazarlo
to put sth off for 10 days/until January
we shall have to put the guests off tendremos que decir a los invitados que no vengan
she'll be here soon, unless I can put her off somehow
it's no good putting it off (sth unwelcome) no tiene sentido eludirlo más
don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today no dejes para mañana lo que puedes hacer hoy
2 (discourage)
her brusque manner puts some people off desanima a la gente con sus maneras tan bruscas
her face is enough to put anyone off
he's not easily put off no es fácil apartarlo de su propósito; no es de los que se desaniman fácilmente
don't be put off because something doesn't have instant results his eccentricities put them off the country's reputation may put off tourists the divorce figures don't seem to put people off marriage the failure may put them off trying again I didn't tell her about your problem — I thought it might put her off you a number of people were put off him by the way he spoke ...a young actress who puts one off at first with her American briskness
3 (distract) distraer
stop putting me off! ¡deja ya de distraerme!
stop it! you're putting me off Henman complained that the clicking of the photographers was putting him off She asked me to be serious, saying it put her off if I laughed All the problems at home put her off revising for her exams
4 (dissuade) disuadir
5 (fob off) dar largas a
to put sb off with an excusewith dar largas a algn con excusas
she put him off with vague promises le dio largas con vagas promesas
6 (switch off) apagar
remember to put all the lights off before you go to bed
7 (set down) [+passenger] dejar; (forcibly) hacer bajar
if you don't pay your fare I shall have to put you off at the next stop
8 especially (literary) (cast off)
once you put off that uniform you'll need a job en cuanto dejes ese uniforme necesitarás un trabajo
have you thought about what you're going to do once you've put off your school uniform?
verb:transitive:plus_preposition
1 (cause not to like, want)
it almost put me off opera for good casi mató mi gusto por la ópera para siempre; you quite put me off my meal me has quitado el apetito
what you say puts me off prawns
it put me off going to Greece me quitó las ganas de ir a Grecia
2 (dissuade from)
we tried to put him off the idea intentamos quitarle la idea de la cabeza; intentamos disuadirlo; I tried to put her off going by herself intenté convencerla de que no fuera sola
3 (Britain) (distract from)
stroke scent
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
(Náut) hacerse a la mar; salir;from de;

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