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"Remove" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "quitar", and "disconnect" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "desconectar". Learn more about the difference between "remove" and "disconnect" below.
remove(
ruh
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muv
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. quitar
Could you please remove your feet from the table?¿Puedes hacer el favor de quitar los pies de la mesa?
b. llevarse
They should remove their trash from that empty lot.Deberían llevarse la basura de ese solar.
c. retirar
Heat the water to boiling point and remove it from the heat.Hierva el agua al punto de ebullición y retírela del fuego.
a. eliminar
Together, we shall remove any obstacles in our way.Juntos, eliminaremos los obstáculos que se interpongan en nuestro camino.
b. acabar con
It is difficult to remove prejudice so firmly rooted.Es difícil acabar con prejuicios tan firmemente arraigados.
c. quitar
And now, some tips on how to remove grease stains.Y ahora, algunos consejos sobre cómo quitar las manchas de grasa.
a. sacar
Remove any extra nails before painting.Saca cualquier clavo que haya de más antes de pintar.
b. extraer (medicine)
They removed a bullet lodged near his spine.Le extrajeron una bala que tenía alojada cerca de la columna.
5. (to delete)
6. (to dismiss)
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. trasladarse
We have recently removed to new offices in London.Recientemente, nos hemos trasladado a unas oficinas nuevas en Londres.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
8. (remoteness)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
The film is at several removes from the original play.La película dista mucho de la obra de teatro original.
This is but one remove from blackmail.Esto está a un paso de ser chantaje.
disconnect(
dihs
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kuh
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nehkt
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dihs
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kuh
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nehkt
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. desconectar
Sir, if you don't make a payment within one week, we'll have to disconnect your cable.Señor, si usted no realiza un pago dentro de una semana, tendremos que desconectar su cable.
b. cortar
My dad forgot to pay the bill, so the electric company disconnected the power.Mi padre olvidó pagar la factura, y por eso la compañía de electricidad nos cortó la luz.
2. (to unplug)
a. desconectar
Pablo disconnected the wifi and then turned it back on again to see if that would resolve the issue.Pablo desconectó el wifi y enseguida lo volvió a encender para ver si eso solucionaba el problema.
b. desenchufar
Ethel forgot to disconnect her iron, and it burned a mark into the carpet.A Ethel se le olvidó desenchufar la plancha y le hizo una quemadura a la alfombra.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la desconexión (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The customer will receive a warning of the disconnect if he doesn't pay by the deadline.El cliente será advertido de la desconexión si no paga antes del plazo.
a. la desconexión (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The dosage error was a result of a disconnect between the doctor and the nurses.El error de dosis fue resultado de una desconexión entre el doctor y las enfermeras.
