put off

put off
1) (to switch off (a light etc): Please put the light off!) apagar
2) (to delay; to postpone: He put off leaving / his departure till Thursday.) aplazar, posponer
3) (to cancel an arranged meeting etc with (a person): I had to put the Browns off because I had 'flu.) cancelar
4) (to cause (a person) to feel disgust or dislike (for): The cheese looked nice but the smell put me off; The conversation about illness put me off my dinner.) repugnar, dar asco
put off vb aplazar
the match has been put off el partido se ha aplazado
put off vt
defer: aplazar, posponer
put off
v.
• entretener v.
(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-
fut/c: -tendr-•)
• reservar v.
• retrasar v.
Sense I
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (postpone) \<\<meeting/visit/decision\>\> aplazar*, posponer*, postergar* (AmL)

don't put it off until later — no lo dejes para más tarde

to put off -ing: I keep putting off going to the dentist — siempre estoy aplazando ir al dentista

b) (stall) \<\<visitor/creditor\>\>

if Saturday isn't convenient, I can put them off — si el sábado no es conveniente, puedo decirles que lo dejen para más adelante

2) (turn off) (BrE) \<\<light\>\> apagar*
Sense II
3) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
(discourage)

the thought of the journey puts me off going to see them — pensar en el viaje me quita las ganas de ir a visitarlos

people get put off by all the technical jargon — la gente se desanima con toda esa jerga técnica

the smell was enough to put anyone off — tenía un olor que daba asco

she's not easily put off — no es fácil disuadirla or hacerla cambiar de idea

are you trying to put me off her? — ¿estás tratando de que le tome antipatía?

4) (distract) distraer*; (disconcert) desconcertar*

he's trying to put me off my serve — está tratando de que falle en el saque

5) (from bus) dejar; (force to get off) hacer* bajar
1. VT + ADV
1) (=postpone, delay) [+ departure, appointment, meeting, decision] aplazar, posponer

he put off writing the letter — pospuso or aplazó el escribir la carta

I keep putting it off — no hago más que aplazarlo

we shall have to put the guests off — tendremos que decir a los invitados que no vengan

it's no good putting it off — (sth unwelcome) no tiene sentido eludirlo más

2) (=discourage)

her brusque manner puts some people off — desanima a la gente con sus maneras tan bruscas

he's not easily put off — no es fácil apartarlo de su propósito, no es de los que se desaniman fácilmente

3) (=distract) distraer

stop putting me off! — ¡deja ya de distraerme!

4) (=dissuade) disuadir
5) (=fob off) dar largas a

• to put sb off with an excuse — dar largas a algn con excusas

she put him off with vague promises — le dio largas con vagas promesas

6) (=switch off) apagar
7) (=set down) [+ passenger] dejar; (forcibly) hacer bajar
8) esp liter (=cast off)

once you put off that uniform you'll need a job — en cuanto dejes ese uniforme necesitarás un trabajo

2. VT + PREP
1) (=cause not to like, want)

it almost put me off opera for good — casi mató mi gusto por la ópera para siempre

you quite put me off my meal — me has quitado el apetito

it put me off going to Greece — me quitó las ganas de ir a Grecia

2) (=dissuade from)

we tried to put him off the idea — intentamos quitarle la idea de la cabeza, intentamos disuadirlo

I tried to put her off going by herself — intenté convencerla de que no fuera sola

3) (Brit) (=distract from)
see stroke 1., 5); see scent 1., 3)
3.
VI + ADV (Naut) hacerse a la mar, salir (from de)
* * *
Sense I
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (postpone) \<\<meeting/visit/decision\>\> aplazar*, posponer*, postergar* (AmL)

don't put it off until later — no lo dejes para más tarde

to put off -ing: I keep putting off going to the dentist — siempre estoy aplazando ir al dentista

b) (stall) \<\<visitor/creditor\>\>

if Saturday isn't convenient, I can put them off — si el sábado no es conveniente, puedo decirles que lo dejen para más adelante

2) (turn off) (BrE) \<\<light\>\> apagar*
Sense II
3) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
(discourage)

the thought of the journey puts me off going to see them — pensar en el viaje me quita las ganas de ir a visitarlos

people get put off by all the technical jargon — la gente se desanima con toda esa jerga técnica

the smell was enough to put anyone off — tenía un olor que daba asco

she's not easily put off — no es fácil disuadirla or hacerla cambiar de idea

are you trying to put me off her? — ¿estás tratando de que le tome antipatía?

4) (distract) distraer*; (disconcert) desconcertar*

he's trying to put me off my serve — está tratando de que falle en el saque

5) (from bus) dejar; (force to get off) hacer* bajar

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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