Polyglot Dictionary

shut

/ʃʌt/

verb A2
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

3rd person singular
shuts
past
shut
past participle
shut
gerund
shutting

Meaning

  1. cerrar

    • She shuts the window before the storm.

      Ella cierra la ventana antes de la tormenta.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Phrasal verbs

  • shut down

    cerrar (un negocio); apagar

    The factory shuts down permanently.

    La fábrica cierra permanentemente.

  • shut up

    callarse (informal)

    He tells them to shut up.

    Les dice que se callen.

Similar words

close

close and shut are close synonyms, largely interchangeable; shut is slightly more forceful or final, like slamming shut.

Similar in other languages

German

ausschließen

Close — "to shut out" overlaps with "to exclude."

German

zumachen

zumachen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to shut, to close."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa shut?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: She ___ the window before the storm.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a shut?

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