lights out

USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled "lights-out."
lights out(
layts
 
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la hora de apagar las luces
(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).
(F)
No talking after lights out!¡No hables después de la hora de apagar las luces!
2. (nighttime bugle signal in military camp)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. el toque de silencio
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
At lights out, all of the soldiers went to bed.En el toque de silencio, todos los soldados se acostaron.
A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
phrase
a. fuera luces
When he heard his drill sergeant shouting "lights out", he shut off the lights and got into bed.Cuando oyó a su sargento instructor gritando "fuera luces", apagó las luces y se metió en la cama.
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