- take off
- 1) (to remove (clothes etc): He took off his coat.) quitarse, despojarse (de)2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) despegar3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) tomarse libre4) (to imitate someone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh (noun take-off).) imitartake off1 n despeguetake off2 vb1. despegarthe plane took off on time el avión despegó a la hora prevista2. quitarhe took his coat off se quitó el abrigotake off vtremove: quitartake off your hat: quítate el sombrerotake off vi1) : despegar (dícese de un avión o un cohete)2) leave: irse, partirtake offn.• despegue (Aeronáutica) s.m. (To leave)expr.• marcharse v.v.• aviar v.• descalzar v.• desceñir v.• descontar v.• despegar (Aeronáutica) v.• quitarse (Textil) (•Ropa•) v.Sense I1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o v + o + prep + o(detach, remove) quitar, sacar*
the hurricane took the roof off the house — el huracán le arrancó el tejado a la casa
she took her make-up off — se quitó or (esp AmL) se sacó el maquillaje
to take off one's dress/shoes — quitarse or (esp AmL) sacarse* el vestido/los zapatos
2)a) (cut off) \<\<branch/shoot\>\> cortar; \<\<limb\>\> amputarthe hairdresser took too much off the back — el peluquero me cortó mucho atrás
b) (deduct) descontar*that haircut takes years off him — ese corte de pelo le quita años de encima
3) (have free)she's taken the morning off (from) work — se ha tomado la mañana libre
4) (imitate) (colloq) imitar, remedarSense II5) v + adva) \<\<aircraft/pilot\>\> despegar*, decolar (AmL); \<\<flight\>\> salir*b) (succeed) \<\<career\>\> tomar vueloc) (depart) largarse* (fam), irse*Sense III6) v + o + adv (convey) llevar(se)to take oneself off — irse*
Sense IV7) v + o + adv v + o + prep + o(remove) quitar, sacar* (esp AmL)take your foot off the clutch — levanta el pie del embrague
take your hands off me! — quítame las manos de encima!, no me toques!
the soup has been taken off the menu — han quitado la sopa del menú
8) (take away from) (colloq) quitar, sacar* (CS)I took the gun off him — le quité or (CS tb) le saqué la pistola
1. VT + ADV1) (=remove) [+ lid, wrapping, label, stain] quitar; [+ clothes] quitarse, sacarse (LAm); [+ limb] amputar; [+ train] cancelar; [+ item from menu] quitarthe five o'clock train has been taken off — han cancelado el tren de las cinco
2) (=deduct) (from bill, price) descontarshe took 50p off — descontó or hizo un descuento de 50 peniques
3) (=lead away) [+ person, object] llevarsethey took him off to lunch — se lo llevaron a comer
she was taken off to hospital — la llevaron al hospital
to take o.s. off — irse, largarse *
4) (=not work)he took the day off work — se tomó el día libre
I'm going to take two weeks off at Christmas — me voy a tomar dos semanas de vacaciones en Navidad
he has to work weekends but takes time off in lieu — tiene que trabajar los fines de semana pero le dan días libres a cambio
5) (=imitate) imitar2. VI + ADV1) [plane, passengers] despegar, decolar (LAm) (for con rumbo a); [high jumper] saltar2) (=succeed) empezar a tener éxitothe idea never really took off — la idea no llegó a cuajar
the style really took off among young people — el estilo se puso muy de moda entre los jóvenes
3. VT + PREP1) (=remove) quitar, sacar (LAm)they took two names off the list — quitaron or tacharon dos nombres de la lista
she's been taken off the case — le han hecho dejar el caso
to take sth off sb * — quitar algo a algn
take your hands off me! — ¡no me toques!
her new hairstyle takes ten years off her — ese peinado nuevo le quita diez años de encima
2) (=deduct) (from bill, price) descontarhe took £5 off the price — descontó 5 libras del precio
* * *Sense I1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o v + o + prep + o(detach, remove) quitar, sacar*the hurricane took the roof off the house — el huracán le arrancó el tejado a la casa
she took her make-up off — se quitó or (esp AmL) se sacó el maquillaje
to take off one's dress/shoes — quitarse or (esp AmL) sacarse* el vestido/los zapatos
2)a) (cut off) \<\<branch/shoot\>\> cortar; \<\<limb\>\> amputarthe hairdresser took too much off the back — el peluquero me cortó mucho atrás
b) (deduct) descontar*that haircut takes years off him — ese corte de pelo le quita años de encima
3) (have free)she's taken the morning off (from) work — se ha tomado la mañana libre
4) (imitate) (colloq) imitar, remedarSense II5) v + adva) \<\<aircraft/pilot\>\> despegar*, decolar (AmL); \<\<flight\>\> salir*b) (succeed) \<\<career\>\> tomar vueloc) (depart) largarse* (fam), irse*Sense III6) v + o + adv (convey) llevar(se)to take oneself off — irse*
Sense IV7) v + o + adv v + o + prep + o(remove) quitar, sacar* (esp AmL)take your foot off the clutch — levanta el pie del embrague
take your hands off me! — quítame las manos de encima!, no me toques!
the soup has been taken off the menu — han quitado la sopa del menú
8) (take away from) (colloq) quitar, sacar* (CS)I took the gun off him — le quité or (CS tb) le saqué la pistola
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
