read off

leer en voz alta, enumerar

Decir en voz alta elementos escritos, normalmente uno tras otro de una lista.

En inglés sencillo: To say written items aloud, usually one after another from a list.

• Please read off the names.
• She read the numbers off slowly so I could write them down.
• Can you read off the next three items?

Cómo se usa: read something off (She read the names off one by one.); read something off something (He read the prices off a printed list.)

Sinónimos: read out, recite

Expresiones frecuentes: read off something, read off the names

leer el valor, obtener la lectura

Obtener un valor mirando una escala, un instrumento de medición o un gráfico.

En inglés sencillo: To find a number by looking at a scale, instrument, or chart.

• Read off the temperature, please.
• She read off the pressure shown on the gauge.
• Can you read the value off this graph?

Cómo se usa: read something off something (You can read the temperature off the display.)

Sinónimos: read, measure

Expresiones frecuentes: read off something, read off the temperature

regañar, reprender

Hablarle con enfado a alguien porque ha hecho algo malo.

En inglés sencillo: To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.

• The boss read him off.
• She read the boys off for breaking the window.
• Did your father read you off when you arrived late?

Cómo se usa: read someone off (His father read him off for leaving the gate open.)

Sinónimos: scold, tell off, reprimand

Antónimos: praise

Expresiones frecuentes: read someone off, read off someone