level off

estabilizarse

Dejar de subir, bajar o cambiar y mantenerse aproximadamente al mismo nivel.

En inglés sencillo: To stop rising, falling, or changing and stay at about the same height or amount.

• Sales have levelled off.
• The plane climbed, then levelled off above the clouds.
• Will prices level off before winter?

Cómo se usa: level off at an amount/height (Prices levelled off at around ten pounds.)

Sinónimos: stabilize, even out, flatten out

Expresiones frecuentes: level off at, level off gradually

nivelar, enrasar

Dejar plana la superficie de algo, normalmente quitando lo que sobresale.

En inglés sencillo: To make the top of something flat, often by removing anything sticking up.

• Level off the top.
• She levelled the spoonful off with a knife.
• We levelled off the soil before planting seeds.

Cómo se usa: level something off with something (Level the flour off with a knife.)

Sinónimos: flatten, level

Expresiones frecuentes: level off something, level off flour