Apagué (en. Turned off)

/apaˈɣe/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

I made something stop being on.

Last night I turned off the room light.

Ayer por la noche apagué la luz de la habitación.

I caused a fire to stop burning.

The firefighter quickly extinguished the fire.

El bombero apagué el incendio rápidamente.

I stopped the functioning of a device.

I turned off the computer before going to sleep.

Apagué la computadora antes de dormir.

From Latin 'apāgare', which means 'to cause to go away' or 'to remove light'.

I extinguished the fire.

I made the fire stop burning.

apagué el fuego

I turned off the light.

I stopped the lighting of a place.

apagué la luz

I turned off the television.

I stopped the functioning of the television.

apagué la televisión

apagar

To cause something to stop burning or functioning.

apagar

apagón

Interruption of the electrical supply.

apagón

apagador

Instrument or device that turns off lights.

apagador

To turn off in the sense of discouraging someone.

That news dampened my spirits.

Esa noticia me apagué el ánimo.

To turn off as a way to end a discussion.

When it became too tense, they simply dropped the topic.

Cuando se volvió muy tenso, ellos simplemente apagué el tema.