take off

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quitarse

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take off
verbo transitivo con partícula
1 quitarse (remove) (clothes, make-up) , sacarse (Am); quitar , sacar (Am)
  • take your feet off the table! (lid, sheets) -> ¡quita or saca los pies de la mesa! (Am)
  • he never took his eyes off us -> no apartó la mirada de nosotros
  • he took £10 off (the price) -> rebajó 10 libras (del precio)
  • to t something off somebody's hands -> quitar or sacar algo de las manos a alguien (Am)
  • to t years off somebody -> quitar or (clothes, diet) sacarle a alguien años de encima (Am)
2 llevar (lead) (person)
  • to t oneself off -> retirarse
3 (mimic)
  • to t somebody off -> imitar a alguien
4 (not work)
  • to t the day off -> tomarse el día libre
verbo intransitivo
5 despegar (leave) (plane) , decolar (Am); marcharse, irse (familiar) (person)
6 empezar a cuajar (familiar) (succeed)
  • it never took off (familiar) (person) -> nunca cuajó

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take off [teik]
verbo
1 g.
  • To take off an arm -> cortar, amputar un brazo
  • To take off the edge of a knife -> embotar un cuchillo: quitar el filo
  • To take off form -> debilitar, disminuir; apartar de, desviar de
despegar (plane); separar, quitar de delante o del medio, arrebatar; levantar o apartar, una máscara; destruir; invalidar o hacer nula y de ningún valor una cosa; tragar de un golpe; comprar; remedar, ridiculizar; copiar; sacar un retrato; despegar o separar dos cosas que estaban unidas entre sí.

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take off
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 (remove) [+lid, wrapping, label, stain] quitar; [+clothes] quitarse; sacarse; (LAm) [+limb] amputar; [+train] cancelar; [+item from menu] quitar
the five o'clock train has been taken off han cancelado el tren de las cinco
2 (deduct) (from bill, price) descontar
she took 50p off descontó hizo un descuento de 50 peniques;or
3 (lead away) [+person, object] llevarse
they took him off to lunch se lo llevaron a comer; she was taken off to hospital la llevaron al hospital; to take o.s. off irse; largarse; (informal)
4 (not work)
he took the day off work se tomó el día libre; I'm going to take two weeks off at Christmas me voy a tomar dos semanas de vacaciones en Navidad; he has to work weekends but takes time off in lieu tiene que trabajar los fines de semana pero le dan días libres a cambio
5 (imitate) imitar
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 [+plane, passengers] despegar; decolar; (LAm)for con rumbo a; [+high jumper] saltar
2 (succeed) empezar a tener éxito
the idea never really took off la idea no llegó a cuajar; the style really took off among young people el estilo se puso muy de moda entre los jóvenes
verb:transitive:plus_preposition
1 (remove) quitar; sacar; (LAm)
they took two names off the list quitaron tacharon dos nombres de la lista;or she's been taken off the case le han hecho dejar el caso; to take sth off sb (informal) quitar algo a algn; take your hands off me! ¡no me toques!; her new hairstyle takes ten years off her ese peinado nuevo le quita diez años de encima
2 (deduct) (from bill, price) descontar
he took £5 off the price descontó 5 libras del precio

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