zero out

poner a cero, reducir a cero

Cambiar una cantidad o una lectura para que su valor sea cero.

En inglés sencillo: To change an amount or reading so that it becomes zero.

• Press this button to zero out the counter.
• The shop zeroed out the delivery charge.
• Can we zero these balances out before closing the accounts?

Cómo se usa: zero out something / zero something out (The refund zeroed out my balance.)

Sinónimos: reset, clear

Expresiones frecuentes: zero out something, zero something out, zero out balances

retirar la financiación, suprimir los fondos

Dejar de aportar dinero por completo a un proyecto o una actividad.

En inglés sencillo: To stop providing any money for a project or activity.

• The council zeroed out the project.
• They plan to zero out funding for the research centre.
• Will the next budget zero these grants out?

Cómo se usa: zero out something / zero something out (The new budget zeros out the training programme.)

Sinónimos: defund, cut funding for

Antónimos: fund

Expresiones frecuentes: zero out funding, zero out something, zero something out

rellenar con ceros

Sustituir por ceros todos los datos de una zona de memoria o un archivo informático.

En inglés sencillo: To replace all the information in a computer memory area or file with zeros.

• Zero out the array first.
• The program zeroed out the unused memory.
• Does this tool zero out every byte on the disk?

Cómo se usa: zero out something / zero something out (The code zeros out the buffer.)

Sinónimos: zero-fill

Expresiones frecuentes: zero out memory, zero out something, zero something out

marcar cero para hablar con un operador

Pulsar cero durante un mensaje telefónico grabado para hablar con una persona.

En inglés sencillo: To press zero during a recorded telephone message to speak to a person instead.

• You can zero out during the message.
• I zeroed out and asked the operator for help.
• Callers who zero out are connected to the front desk.

Expresiones frecuentes: zero out immediately, zero out during something

quebrar, irse a la quiebra

Perder todo el dinero y no poder pagar las deudas.

En inglés sencillo: To lose all your money and become unable to pay your debts.

• The company zeroed out last year.
• He feared his business would zero out after another bad season.
• Several small firms zeroed out when their largest customer stopped paying.

Sinónimos: go bankrupt, go bust

Expresiones frecuentes: zero out financially, zero out completely

matar, liquidar

En lenguaje coloquial, matar a alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To kill someone.

• They threatened to zero him out.
• The killer zeroed out the witness before the trial.
• His orders were to zero out anyone who resisted.

Cómo se usa: zero out someone / zero someone out (The gang planned to zero him out.)

Sinónimos: kill, eliminate

Expresiones frecuentes: zero out someone, zero someone out