English - Catalan
off
[ɒf]
⬦ adverb 1 [away] : to drive off allunyar-se en cotxe; to turn off (the road) sortir de la carretera; I'm off! me'n vaig! 2 [at a distance - in time] : it's two days off falten dos dies; that's a long time off encara falten molts dies; [- in space] it's ten miles off és a deu milles (d'aquí); far off lluny. 3 [so as to remove] : to take off [gen] treure; [one's clothes] treure's; to cut off tallar; could you help me off with my coat? m'ajudes a treure'm l'abric? 4 [so as to complete] : to finish off acabar; to kill off rematar. 5 [not at work] lliure, de vacances; a day off un dia lliure; time off temps masculine lliure. 6 [so as to separate] : to fence off tancar; to wall off tapiar. 7 [discounted] : £10 off 10 lliures de descompte. 8 [having money] : to be well / badly off anar bé / malament de diners. 9 [occasionally] : off and on / on and off de manera intermitent, de tant en tant. 10 [immediately] : right off / straight off just després.
⬦ preposition 1 [away from] : to get off something baixar d'un lloc; to keep off something mantenir-se lluny d'una cosa; "keep off the grass" "no trepitgeu la gespa". 2 [close to] : just off the coast molt a prop de la costa; it's off Oxford Street és al costat d'Oxford Street. 3 [removed from] : to cut a slice off something tallar una llesca d'una cosa; take your hands off me! treu-me les mans del damunt! 4 [not attending] : to be off work / duty no treballar / estar de servei. 5 informal use [no longer liking] : she's off coffee / her food ja no li ve de gust el cafè / ha perdut la gana. 6 [deducted from] : there's 10% off the price fan un 10% de descompte. 7 informal use [from] : I bought it off him li ho vaig comprar a ell.
⬦ adjective 1 [gone bad - meat, cheese] fet -a malbé; [- milk] agre -a, fet -a malbé. 2 [not operating] apagat -ada. 3 [cancelled] suspès -esa. 4 informal use [offhand] brusc -a, descortès -esa. 5 [not being served] : ice cream's off today avui no hi ha gelat.
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