put off

posponer, aplazar

Dejar algo para más tarde, a menudo porque no quieres hacerlo ahora.

En inglés sencillo: To decide to do something later, often because you do not want to do it now.

• Do not put off your homework.
• I put off calling the dentist for weeks.
• Can we put the trip off until spring?

Cómo se usa: put off doing something (I keep putting off cleaning the kitchen.); put something off until something (We put the meeting off until Monday.)

Sinónimos: postpone, delay

Expresiones frecuentes: put off something, put off homework, put off repairs

desanimar, disuadir

Hacer que alguien rechace algo o decida no hacerlo.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone dislike something or decide not to do it.

• The smell put me off the food.
• That bad experience put him off flying.
• Do not let the price put you off.

Cómo se usa: put someone off something (The smell put me off my lunch.); put someone off doing something (The cost put her off buying a car.)

Sinónimos: discourage, deter, repel

Antónimos: encourage, attract

Expresiones frecuentes: put someone off, put off customers

distraer, desconcentrar

Hacer que a alguien le cueste concentrarse en lo que está haciendo.

En inglés sencillo: To make it harder for someone to pay attention to what they are doing.

• That noise is putting me off.
• Someone shouted and put her off as she served.
• Does the music put you off while you study?

Cómo se usa: put someone off (Your tapping is putting me off.)

Sinónimos: distract, disturb

Expresiones frecuentes: put someone off, put me off

emitir, desprender

Desprender olor, humo, calor o luz hacia el entorno.

En inglés sencillo: To send a smell, smoke, heat, or light into the air around something.

• This heater puts off a lot of heat.
• The burning leaves put off thick smoke.
• Does that paint put off strong fumes?

Sinónimos: give off, emit

Expresiones frecuentes: put off heat, put off smoke, put off fumes

asqueado, ofendido

Que siente disgusto, molestia o rechazo ante algo desagradable.

En inglés sencillo: Feeling upset or disgusted by something unpleasant.

• I felt put off by the smell.
• The guests seemed quite put off by his behaviour.
• Were you put off by the dirty tables?

Cómo se usa: be put off by something (I was put off by his rude questions.)

Sinónimos: disgusted, repelled, offended

Expresiones frecuentes: feel put off, quite put off

intimidado, desanimado

Que cree que algo es demasiado difícil o aterrador para intentarlo.

En inglés sencillo: Feeling that something is too difficult or frightening to attempt.

• The beginners felt put off by the challenge.
• He was not put off by the steep climb.
• Are you put off by all those forms?

Cómo se usa: be put off by something (She was put off by the amount of work.)

Sinónimos: daunted, discouraged, intimidated

Antónimos: confident

Expresiones frecuentes: feel put off, easily put off