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disattivare

to deactivate

verb dee-zaht-tee-VAH-reh Rare

Also means

to disable

Usage Note

Disattivare is the standard technical and everyday verb for switching something off or disabling it — disattivare un allarme (to deactivate an alarm), disattivare un account (to disable an account). It takes avere as its auxiliary in compound tenses: ho disattivato il sistema ('I deactivated the system'). Its opposite is attivare (to activate).

Examples

"Ho disattivato le notifiche sul telefono."

Natural Translation

I deactivated the notifications on my phone.

Literal Translation

I-have deactivated the notifications on-the phone.

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