turnoff
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USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled "turn-off.”
turnoff(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (exit)
b. el desvío (M)
(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).
Someone left a mattress in the middle of the highway after you pass the King road turnoff.Alguien dejó un colchón en medio de la carretera pasando el desvío de la calle King.
2. (colloquial) (something offputting)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. no direct translation (colloquial)
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
She's a nice woman, but the way she always talks about religion is a turnoff for me.Es una mujer linda, pero me quita las ganas que siempre esté hablando de religión.
The food looks great, but the two-hour wait is a big turnoff.La comida se ve deliciosa, pero la espera de dos horas es un rollo.
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