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.
- Synonyms: start up, turn on
- Antonyms: shut off, switch off, turn off
- (idiomatic) To change one's expression or appearance as if by turning a switch.
- (slang) To arouse, to excite (sexually).
- Synonyms: switch up, turn on
- Antonym: turn off
to turn a switch to the "on" position
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: piztu (eu)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 打開／打开 (zh) (dǎkāi), 開／开 (zh) (kāi)
- Czech: zapnout (cs)
- Danish: tænde (da), starte (op)
- 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)
- Japanese: 付ける (ja) (つける, tsukeru)
- Khmer: បើក (km) (baək)
- Korean: 켜다 (ko) (kyeoda)
- Kyrgyz: күйгүзүү (ky) (küygüzüü), жандыруу (ky) (jandıruu)
- Ladino: acender
- Maori: whakakā
- Polish: włączać (pl) impf, włączyć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: ligar (pt)
- Romanian: aprinde (ro)
- Russian: включа́ть (ru) impf (vključátʹ), включи́ть (ru) pf (vključítʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: cuir air
- Slovene: vključiti, vklopiti
- Spanish: encender (es), prender (es)
- Swedish: sätta på (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: (lambayı, ışığı) açmak (tr), (düğmeye, şaltere) basmak (tr)
- Vietnamese: bật (vi)
- White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
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