drop off

dejar

disminuir

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drop off(

drap

)

A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g. Take out the trash.).

transitive verb phrase

1. (to bring to a place)

a. dejar

Will you drop me off at school tomorrow?¿Me podrías dejar mañana en la escuela?

An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g. Everybody please stand up.).

intransitive verb phrase

2. (to decrease)

a. disminuir

The store was doing really well, and then sales started to drop off when the recession hit.Nos estaba yendo muy bien en la tienda, y luego las ventas empezaron a disminuir cuando llegó la crisis.

3. (to disconnect)

a. caerse

I heard a clank and something drop off, so I stopped the truck to check it out.Oí un sonido metálico y algo que se cayó, así que paré la camioneta para revisar.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to fall asleep)

a. dormirse

She dropped off around nine o'clock, but then woke up again at midnight with a start.Se durmió a eso de las nueve, pero volvió a levantarse sobresaltada a las doce.

b. quedarse dormido

I must have dropped off because I woke up, and all the money was gone.Me he de haber quedado dormido porque cuando me desperté, todo el dinero había desaparecido.

drop off

A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g. Take out the trash.).

transitive verb phrase

1. (person from car)

a. dejar

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

2. (colloquial)

to d off (to sleep)quedarse traspuesto(a)

3. (membership, attendance)

a. bajar, disminuir

drop off

verb:intransitive:plus_adverb

1 (fall asleep) dormirse