Meanings (ES + gloss)
interruptor • suich • suiche • switch (suich)
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
aguja • cambio • chucho • suiche
A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
latigazo
A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
"A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting dama…
Their mother would walk out into the yard and cut a switch from a tree and beat him—beat him, it seemed to Florence, until any other boy would have fallen down dead; […]
conmutador • switch (suich)
A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
Phrases
DIP switchGlock switchQ-switchRF switch matrixStrowger switchTexas switchTuring switchantenna switchantiswitcharrow switchasleep at the switchbait and switchbait-and-switchbig red switchbig switchbitch switchblab-off switchchicken switchcircuit switchedcore switchcrossbar switchdead man's switchdimmer switchdipswitchdouble switchfootswitchhat switchhook switchhot switchintermediate switchjackknife switchmercury switchmicroswitchmultiway switchingon-off switchoptical switchpickle switchpublic switchedrailroad switchreplacing switch
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cambiar • conmutar • intercambiar • permutar • reemplazar • substituir • suichar • swichar
To exchange.
A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alo…
I want to switch this red dress for a green one.
conmutar • transmudar • trastrocar
To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
Switch the light on.