Can anyone tell me the difference between: sign up, sign off and sign in?

Question

Do these words have the same meaning?

Answer 1

You sign up with SpanishDict.com when you enroll as a site member providing them with an email address.

You sign in either manually or your browser does it automatically, every time that you visit this site. Your SpanishDict.com cookie is read.

You sign off or sign out every time that you close SpanishDict.com (again your browser can do it for you automatically). Your cookie is updated.

Answer 2

Qfreed and all the others gave a wonderful answers... so I'll just give a simple translation. =)

Sign up - Registrarse or Regístrate

Sign in - Intentificarte

Sign off - Salir

Answer 3

sign in

All visitors must sign in on arrival. / Todos los visitantes deben firmar cuando llegan.

sign out = the opposite

sign off

I'll sign off now and post this letter. / Me despido ahora para echar la carta al correo.

She signed off with “Lots of love, Janet”. Se despidió con “Con todo cariño, Janet”.

sign up

She's signed up with an employment agency. / Ha firmado un contrato con una agencia de empleo.

I've signed up for a pottery course. / Me he matriculado en un curso de cerámica.

sign on

I have to sign on at the job centre every other Tuesday. Tengo que ir a la oficina de desempleo a firmar cada dos martes.

Answer 4

Sign up: inscribirse en un curso

Sign in: firmar el registro (al entrar), registrarse, firmar la entrada

Sign off: terminar (carta), despedirse (tele, radio), cerrar el programa, despedirse

Answer 5

You can sign up for the army or a course of Spanish, i.e enrol.

You can sign in when you arrive at an hotel, or enter your name as a member to make it possible for a non-member to enter a club etc.

When you sign off you announce that you've come to the end of some activity. F.i. a final word at the end of a letter, or a fond farewell followed by a signature tune at the end of a radio programme.

Answer 6

sign up = put your name on a list, "sign up for the English class"

sign off = formal end of a radio or television broadcasting day. Also, somebody has formally approved a decision or plan (may be metaphorical).

sign in = identify yourself upon arrival, "sign in at the registration desk" at a doctor's office.