close out

concluir, finalizar

Completar la última parte de una actividad, un evento o un período para darlo por terminado.

En inglés sencillo: To finish an activity, event, or period by doing its final part.

• Let us close out the meeting.
• The team closed out the season with a win.
• She is closing out the project this week.

Cómo se usa: close out something with something (They closed out the concert with a familiar song.)

Sinónimos: finish, complete, conclude

Antónimos: begin

Expresiones frecuentes: close out something, close out the season

cerrar, salir de

Dejar de usar un programa informático y hacer que deje de ejecutarse.

En inglés sencillo: To stop using a computer program and make it stop running.

• Close out the program first.
• She closed out of the app without saving.
• Have you closed out all the programs?

Cómo se usa: close out of something (Save your changes before you close out of the program.)

Sinónimos: quit, exit, close

Antónimos: open

Expresiones frecuentes: close out something, close out completely

saldar, liquidar

Pagar todo lo que queda pendiente para dejar una cuenta o factura saldada.

En inglés sencillo: To pay the remaining money owed and finish dealing with a bill or account.

• We closed out the bill before leaving.
• She closed out the account by paying the remaining balance.
• Can you close out these outstanding invoices today?

Cómo se usa: close out something (We paid the balance to close out the account.)

Sinónimos: settle, pay off

Expresiones frecuentes: close out something, close out an account

cerrar una posición

Hacer una operación contraria equivalente para dejar de mantener una posición de inversión.

En inglés sencillo: To make a matching opposite trade so you no longer hold a particular investment position.

• He closed out his trading position.
• We bought matching contracts to close out our short position.
• The trader closed out all open positions before the holiday.

Cómo se usa: close out a position (She closed out her position by selling the shares.)

Sinónimos: unwind, liquidate

Expresiones frecuentes: close out something, close out positions

romper de golpe

Romperse una ola de golpe a lo largo de toda su extensión.

En inglés sencillo: If a wave does this, its whole length falls over at once.

• That wave will close out.
• The waves closed out before we could ride them.
• Large swells often close out along this beach.

Expresiones frecuentes: close out suddenly, close out completely

excluir, cerrar el paso a

Impedir que alguien entre o participe, cerrándole todas las posibilidades.

En inglés sencillo: To prevent someone from entering or taking part by blocking every possible way.

• The club closed outsiders out.
• High fees closed poorer students out of the program.
• These exclusive contracts close new suppliers out of the market.

Cómo se usa: close someone out of something (The rules closed small firms out of the market.)

Sinónimos: exclude, shut out

Antónimos: include

Expresiones frecuentes: close out someone, close someone out