Pronúncia: ʃʌt
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transitive verb
[preterite & past participle shut]
- tancar.
- to find the door shut trobar la porta tancada.
- he had the door shut in his face li van tancar la porta pels nassos.
- to shut one's fingers in the door encloure's els dits amb una porta.
- to shut down [factory, etc] tancar.
- (idem) [machine] parar.
- to shut in [person] tancar.
- (idem) [surround] encerclar, rodejar.
- to feel shut in sentir-se enclaustrat.
- to get shut of colloquial desempallegar-se de.
- to shut off [supply] interrompre, tallar.
- (idem) [water] tallar.
- (idem) [machine] parar.
- (idem) [separate] aïllar, separar (from de).
- to be shut off from estar separat de.
- to shut out excloure.
- (idem) [person] excloure, negar l'entrada a.
- the factory shuts out the view la fàbrica (ens) tapa la vista, la fàbrica (ens) tapa el paisatge.
- to shut up [close] tancar.
- (idem) [enclose] tancar, encloure.
- (idem) [block] obturar.
- (idem) [silence] fer callar.
- to shut someone up in prison tancar algú a la presó, (engarjolar / empresonar) algú. intransitive verb
- tancar-se.
- the lid doesn't shut la tapadora no tanca bé.
- to shut down tancar(-se).
- to shut up callar.
- shut up! calla! reflexive verb
- to shut oneself (away / up) tancar-se, recloure's, enclaustrar-se.
- he shuts himself up all day in his study es passa el dia tancat a l'estudi.