cancelar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- belay verb In climbing, to hold and control the rope so that a falling climber is caught safely.
- cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
- escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
- nix noun Nothing, zero.
- rescind verb To officially cancel or revoke something, such as a law, order, or agreement.
Senses
cancelar is used for these senses in English:
- call off (transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
- escape (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
- nix To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. [from 1903]
- pay off (transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).
- rescind (transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
- score off (transitive, separable, idiomatic) To delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.
belay — full definition
- verb In climbing, to hold and control the rope so that a falling climber is caught safely.
- verb To secure a rope firmly around a fixed point such as a cleat.
- verb As a command, to stop or cancel an action already underway.
cancel — full definition
- verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
- verb To make something officially invalid.
- verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
- verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.