La Palabra Del Dia: "apagar"
apagar ( ah-pah-gahr' )
verb ( to turn off; to put out )
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1. No creo que apagué las tenacillas antes de salir del apartamento hoy.
I don't think I turned off the curling iron before leaving the apartment today.
2. Aun después de tres horas, los bomberos no han logrado apagar el incendio.
Even after three hours, firefighters have been unable to put out the fire.
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Donde trabajo instalaron sensores que apagan las luces si no detectan movimiento. Si la puerta está abierta puede bloquear hasta la mitad del cuarto y por eso, muy temprano en la mañana antes de que los demás hayan llegado, con frecuencia las luces se me apagan mientras está haciendo trabajo usando con la computadora.
Where I work they installed sensors that turn off the lights if they don't detect motion. If the door is open it can block up to half the room and so, very early in the morning before everybody else has arrived, frequently the lights go out on me while I am doing work using with the computer.
Cuando mi hijo comienza a hacer sus tareas de clase, le digo que apague la tele.
When mi son begins to do his schoolwork, I tell him to turn off the TV.
Si queremos proteger nuestro planeta, debemos apagar las luces y los ordenadores antes de salir de la oficina.
If we want to protect our planet, we must switch off the lights and computers before leaving the office.
Apaga las luces, se acabó la fiesta.
Turn out the lights, the party's over.
Por favor apague su teléfono celular y no enviar envíe mensajes de texto.
Please turn off your cell phones and no texting.
¡Muchas gracias, Luis! 
Vanessa dijo, “Todavía estoy maquillándome. Apaga el motor del coche mientras esperas.”
Vanessa said, “I am still putting on makeup. Turn off the car engine while you are waiting.”
A alguien se le olvidó apagar la estufa.
Someone forgot to turn off the stove.
De vez en cuando viendo el cuarto de mis hijos me siento tan cansada que quisiera apagar la luz y dejarlo a su destino.
Occasionally when I see the quarter of my children I feel so tired that I want to extinguish the light and to leave it to its destiny.
I have to turn off the computer now. In the afternoon I will have time for to check it again.
Tengo que apagar la computadora por ahora. En la tarde tendré tiempo para revisarla otra vez.
¿Por qué tú enciendes las luces? ¡Apaga las luces por favor! Tengo un examen grande de química mañana y yo estoy tratando de dormir. 
Why did you turn on the lights? Turn off the lights please! I have a big chemistry exam tomorrow and I'm trying to sleep.
Se apagó la vela. / The candle went out.
Not to exagerate, it snuffed it. / Sin exagerar, se apagó la misma.
El cuarto de Tula
El cuarto de Tula se cogió candela
Se quedó dormida y no apagó la vela.
Tula's Room
Tula's room caught fire
She fell asleep and didn't blow out the candle.
Siempre apague el acondicionador de aire antes de abrir las ventanas.
Always turn off the air conditioner before opening the windows.
Bueno, ayer apagué el ordenador, sin problema, pero hoy no pude encenderlo.
Well, yesterday I turned the computer off, no problems, but today it was impossible to start it up.
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