apagar

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• pagar
• pau

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• pagar
• pago

References

• “apagar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “apagar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “apagar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “apagar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• apagador

Related terms

• pagar
• paz

Further reading

• “apagar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaˈɡaɾ/

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “apagar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014