off
[ɒf]adverb
| 1. | [away]
to drive off alejarse conduciendo to turn off salir de la carretera I'm off! ¡me voy! |
| 2. | [at a distance - in time]
it's two days off quedan dos días that's a long time off aún queda mucho para eso [ - in space] it's ten miles off está a diez millas far off lejos |
| 3. | [so as to remove]
to take something off [generally] quitar algo [one's clothes] quitarse algo to cut something off cortar algo could you help me off with my coat? ¿me ayudas a quitarme el abrigo? |
| 4. | [so as to complete]
to finish off terminar, acabar to kill off rematar |
| 5. | [not at work]
libre
a day off un día libre time off tiempo m libre |
| 6. | [so as to separate]
to fence off vallar to wall off tapiar |
| 7. | [so as to stop working]
to turn off [light, radio] apagar [water, tap] cerrar |
| 8. | [discounted]
£10 off 10 libras de descuento |
| 9. | [having money]
to be well/badly off andar bien/mal de dinero |
off
[ɒf]preposition
| 1. | [away from]
to get off something bajarse de algo to keep off something mantenerse alejado de algo keep off the grass prohibido pisar el césped |
| 2. | [close to]
just off the coast muy cerca de la costa it's off Oxford Street está al lado de Oxford Street |
| 3. | [removed from]
to cut a slice off something cortar un pedazo de algo take your hands off me! ¡quítame las manos de encima! |
| 4. | [not attending]
to be off work/duty no estar trabajando/de servicio a day off work un día de vacaciones |
| 5. | (inf)
[no longer liking]
she's off coffee/her food no le apetece café/comer |
| 6. | [deducted from]
there's 10% off the price hay un 10% de rebaja sobre el precio |
| 7. | (inf)
[from]
I bought it off him se lo compré a él |
off
[ɒf]adjective
| 1. | [gone bad - meat, cheese]
pasado ( f
pasada), estropeado ( f
estropeada) [ - milk] cortado ( f cortada) |
| 2. | [light, radio, device]
apagado ( f
apagada)
[water, electricity] desconectado ( f desconectada) [tap] cerrado ( f cerrada) |
| 3. | [cancelled]
suspendido ( f
suspendida)
the wedding's off se ha cancelado la boda |
| 4. | [not being served]
the ice cream's off today no hay helado hoy |
| 5. | (inf) [offhand] brusco ( f brusca), descortés |
