Polyglot Dictionary

desligar

/dezliˈɡaɾ/

verb A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
desligo
preterite (eu)
desliguei
past participle
desligado

Meaning

  1. to switch off

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

ligar

desligar means "to switch off," or "to hang up" the phone; ligar means "to call," or "to switch on" — opposite and overlapping senses, worth learning together.

Similar in other languages

German

ausschalten

ausschalten is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to switch off."

Practice

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