switch on

English

switch on (third-person singular simple present switches on, present participle switching on, simple past and past participle switched on)

(transitive) to turn a switch to the "on" position in order to start or enable a device
(idiomatic) to change one's expression or appearance as if by turning a switch

to turn a switch to the "on" position

Basque: piztu (eu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 打開 (zh), 打开 (zh) (dǎkāi), 開 (zh), 开 (zh) (kāi)
Czech: zapnout (cs)
Dutch: aanzetten (nl), inschakelen (nl)
Esperanto: enŝalti
Finnish: kytkeä (fi) (mains), käynnistää (fi) (piece of equipment), sytyttää (fi) (lights)
French: allumer (fr)
Georgian: ჩართვა (čartva)
German: anschalten (de), einschalten (de)
Greek: ανάβω (el) (anávo)
Hungarian: bekapcsol (hu)
Ido: enswichar (io)
Italian: accendere (it)

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