APAGADO

adj. extinct; out; dull, lacklustre; muted, muffled

v. blow out, puff out; douse; turn off; smother; silence, mute

v. go out; blow out; burn out; fade away

adv. out

v. turn out, turn off, extinguish, quench, douse; delete, obliterate, efface; abrade, wipe off

A muting technique on the guitar used to cut the sound short. It may be done with either hand. With the left hand the little finger is used. With the right hand the strings are stopped using the palm. Also referred to as PARADO.

= subdued, muffled, off, dulled.
Ex: And then he added, with a subdued laugh: 'After all, we librarians are trained to do research for people!'.
Ex: Garschine cupped his hand over the mouthpiece and uttered some muffled words = Garschine cubrió el microfóno con la mano y pronunció algunas palabras con voz apagada.
Ex: The computer, in essence, can do one thing and one thing only; it can recognize the difference between the two states 'on' and 'off'; rather like a person being able to tell whether a light is on or off.
Ex: Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.
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* estar apagado = be off.
* interruptor de encendido = ON/OFF switch.
* tono apagado = flat tone.

= turn off, quench, snub out, extinguish, dim, snuff out, snuff, dampen, stamp out.
Ex: Trapping must be turned off by hand when the document has been picked up by the borrower.
Ex: By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.
Ex: 'Who will tell her?' 'I'll take care of that,' responded the principal with acerbity, snubbing out her cigarette.
Ex: His sudden gust of audacity was quickly extinguished by her words and by her glance.
Ex: At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.
Ex: The producer did a 'hatchet job' on the film, substantially dumbing down the project and snuffing out any subtlety or nuance.
Ex: Perhaps it was his hunger for precision and philosophical truth that snuffed the literary flame in Musil.
Ex: Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.
Ex: The existence of the Internet and World Wide Web has made it almost impossible to stamp out crimes committed by hackers.
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* apagar el fuego = put out + the flames.
* apagarse = subside.
* apagar un fuego = extinguish + fire, put down + fire.
* fuego + apagar = fire + be out.
* luz + apagarse = light + go out.