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to shut (sth) down [m]

Translation

cerrar
The factory had to shut down
La fábrica tuvo que cerrar
apagar
They had to shut down the machines
Tuvieron que apagar las máquinas
shut
(Definition of to shut (sth) down [m] from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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