apagarse

apagarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (luz) to go out; (televisión) to go off

2 (emoción) to fade, wane

3 figurado (morirse) to pass away

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1) to go out, blow out

2) die away

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VPR

1) [fuego, vela] to go out; [con el viento] to blow out; [volcán] to become extinct

2) [luz] to go out; [aparato] [automáticamente] to switch off, go off; [por avería] to stop working

el motor se apaga en caso de incendio — the engine switches off if there is a fire

la tele se me apagó durante el partido — the TV stopped working during the match

3) [ira, rencor] to subside, die away

su entusiasmo se apagó con los años — his enthusiasm died away o subsided over the years

4) [sonido] to die away

5) [persona] to fade (away)

su vida se apaga — his life is coming to an end o ebbing away

su mirada se apagó con los años — the light went out of her eyes over the years

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(v.) = subside

Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.

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(v.) = subside

Ex: Her agitation subsided suddenly.

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vpr

1. [luz] to go out;

tarda un par de minutos en apagarse [aparato] it takes a couple of minutes to switch itself off;

de repente se apagó la televisión the TV suddenly went off, the TV screen suddenly went blank

2. [extinguirse] [fuego, vela, cigarrillo] to go out

3. [reducirse] [sed] to be quenched;

[dolor, rencor] to die down; [color] to fade; [sonido] to die away; [brillo] to become dull; [ilusión] to die, to be extinguished; [vida] to come to an end;

todavía no se han apagado los ecos del escándalo the furore surrounding the scandal has yet to die down

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apagarse

v/r de luz go off; de fuego go out

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vr

1) : to go out, to fade

2) : to wane, to die down

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apagarse vb

1. (fuego, cigarrillo, luz) to go out

se apagaron los focos the floodlights went out

2. (aparato) to go off

se ha apagado la radio the radio's gone off