Meaning
La expresión «drop off» en inglés tiene varios significados dependiendo del contexto en que se use. Aquí te explicamos sus usos más comunes:
La versatilidad de «drop off» permite su uso en distintas situaciones, haciendo importante entender el contexto para captar su significado exacto.
Today's Sentences
01
Can you drop me off around 8?
Situation
Do you need a ride to the train station?
That’d be great, thanks!
Can you drop me off around 8?
¿Puedes dejarme cerca de las 8?
Sure, I’ll swing by your place at 7:45.
Perfect.
I’ll be ready.
Estaré listo.
02
I totally dropped off halfway through.
Situation
You were so quiet during the movie last night!
I know, I totally dropped off halfway through.
Long day at work?
Yeah, I couldn’t keep my eyes open.
Writer's Note
"Drop off" is transitive, intransitive, separable, and inseparable; these categories often overlap. You'll notice that transitive verbs are frequently separable, while intransitive ones tend to be inseparable. Let’s break it down together.
- Transitive - These phrasal verbs take an object for the sentence to make sense.
Example 1: I’ll drop off the package this afternoon.
Example 2: She dropped off the kids at school.
Example 3: Can you drop off my suit at the cleaners? - Separable - The object can go between the verb and the particle.
Example 1: I’ll drop the package off this afternoon.
Example 2: She dropped the kids off at school.
Example 3: Can you drop my suit off at the cleaners? - Intransitive - A combination of a verb and one or more particles (prepositions or adverbs) that functions as a verb, but does not take a direct object.
Example 1: Sales dropped off significantly after the holidays.
Example 2: Attendance has dropped off this month.
Example 3: Profits dropped off during the recession. - Inseparable - Where the verb and its particle (preposition or adverb) cannot be separated by other words.
Example 1: Interest in the product is starting to drop off.
Example 2: The noise gradually dropped off as we moved away.
Example 3: Viewership tends to drop off after the first few episodes.
Ejemplo 1: I’ll drop off the package this afternoon.
Ejemplo 2: She dropped off the kids at school.
Ejemplo 3: Can you drop off my suit at the cleaners?
Ejemplo 1: Dejaré el paquete «off» esta tarde.
Ejemplo 2: Ella dejó a los niños «off» en la escuela.
Ejemplo 3: ¿Puedes dejar mi traje «off» en la tintorería?
Ejemplo 1: Las ventas se «dropped off» significativamente después de las vacaciones.
Ejemplo 2: La asistencia ha «dropped off» este mes.
Ejemplo 3: Las ganancias «dropped off» durante la recesión.
Ejemplo 1: El interés en el producto está comenzando a drop off.
Ejemplo 2: El ruido gradualmente dropped off a medida que nos alejábamos.
Ejemplo 3: La audiencia tiende a drop off después de los primeros episodios.
Related Words: Abandon, decrease, deliver, diminish, disembark, doze, fade, fall asleep, leave, lessen, nod off, plummet, reduce, slacken, transport, unload.
