tune out

desconectar, ignorar

Dejar de prestar atención a alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: To stop paying attention to someone or something.

• I tune out when he starts complaining.
• She tuned out the noise and kept reading.
• Were you listening, or did you tune me out?

Cómo se usa: tune someone/something out (I can tune the traffic noise out when I work.)

Sinónimos: ignore, zone out, switch off

Expresiones frecuentes: tune out someone, tune out the noise, tune out completely

cambiar de canal, cambiar de emisora

Dejar de recibir una emisora de radio o un canal de televisión al seleccionar otro.

En inglés sencillo: To stop receiving a radio or television station by selecting a different one.

• Listeners began to tune out during the adverts.
• We tuned out of that station when the music stopped.
• Will viewers tune out if the programme runs too late?

Cómo se usa: tune out of something (I tuned out of the news station and found some music.)

Sinónimos: change channels, switch stations

Antónimos: tune in

Expresiones frecuentes: tune out of something, tune out early