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switch

/swɪt͡ʃ/ verbo B1

En español: intercambiar, cambiar, conmutar, permutar

  1. To exchange. (transitive) · I want to switch this red dress for a green one.
  2. To change (something) to the specified state using a switch. (transitive) · Switch the light on.
  3. To whip or hit with a switch. (transitive)
  4. To change places, tasks, etc. (intransitive) · I want to switch to a different seat.
  5. To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged. (intransitive, slang)
  6. To swing or whisk. · to switch a cane
  7. To be swung or whisked. · The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.
  8. To trim.

He/she/it switches · Pasado switched · Participio pasado switched · Forma en -ing switching

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De la biblioteca

Albert vented his anger on a pile of newspapers, which he sent flying all over the office by switching them violently with his stick; after which ebullition he departed—not, however, without walking several times to the door of the press-room, as if he had half a mind to enter.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 815 · C1
But if you’ll take my advice--which I suppose you won’t do, although I’ve brought up ten children and buried two--you’ll do that ‘talking to’ you mention with a fair-sized birch switch.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 67 · C1
The amiable suggestion of the birch switch--to the efficiency of which all of Mrs.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 67 · C1
And most of the wolves began to gather round Shere Khan, whose tail was beginning to switch.
The Jungle Book, p. 24 · B2

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