apagar

From a- +‎ pagar, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *appācāre, from Latin ad- + pācāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Homophone: apegar

apagar (first-person singular present apago, first-person singular preterite apaguí, past participle apagat)

2. (transitive) to put out; to extinguish (to stop something from burning)
4. (reflexive) to go out (to stop burning)
6. (transitive) to turn off (to deactivate a device)
8. (of a device, reflexive) to go off (to be deactivated)

• pagar
• pau

• “apagar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Attested since the 18th century. Probably ultimately from Catalan apagar,^[1] perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *appācāre, from Latin ad- + pācāre.

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apagar (first-person singular present apago, first-person singular preterite apaguei, past participle apagado)

1. (transitive) to put out; to extinguish; to quench (to stop something from burning)

   Synonym: matar

2. (intransitive or pronominal) to go out (to stop burning)
3. (transitive) to turn off (to deactivate a device)
4. (of a device, intransitive or pronominal) to go off (to be deactivated)

• pagar
• pago

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “apagar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “apagar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apagar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a Vulgar Latin *appācāre, from Latin ad- + pācāre.

apagar (first-person singular present apago, first-person singular preterite apaguei, past participle apagado)

2. (transitive) to put out; to extinguish (to stop something from burning)
4. (intransitive) to go out (to stop burning)
6. (transitive) to turn off (to deactivate a device)

   Synonym: desligar

8. (of a device, intransitive) to go off (to be deactivated)

   Synonym: desligar

10. (transitive) to erase (to remove markings or information)
12. (computing, electronics, transitive) to erase; to delete (to remove digital information)

    Synonyms: excluir, deletar

14. (transitive) to get rid of; to eliminate (to destroy completely)

    Synonyms: livrar-se de, eliminar

16. (intransitive) to pass out (to fall into deep sleep or unconsciousness)

    Synonym: desmaiar

• apagador
• apagamento

• pagar
• paz

• “apagar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appācāre, from Latin ad- + pācāre. Compare to English apay.

• IPA^(key): /apaˈɡaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧gar

apagar (first-person singular present apago, first-person singular preterite apagué, past participle apagado)

1. (transitive) to extinguish (a flame, fire), to douse

   Synonym: extinguir

   Antonym: encender

2. (transitive, obsolete) to satisfy
3. (transitive) quench, slake (thirst, etc.)
4. (transitive) to shut off, to turn off, to switch off, to shut down, to power off

   Synonym: cerrar

   Antonyms: encender, abrir

5. (transitive, computing) to shut off, to turn off, to switch off, to shut down, to power off
6. (transitive) to put out, to stub out (e.g., cigarette)
7. (transitive) to blow out (e.g., a candle), to snuff or snuff out (e.g., a torch)
8. (reflexive) to fade; to wane
9. (reflexive) to go out, be extinguished

   Synonym: extinguirse

• “apagar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10