How to Say "switch on" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “switch on” is “encender” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
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Examples
Por favor, ¿puedes encender la televisión?
Please, can you turn on the television?
Siempre enciendo las luces antes de que oscurezca.
I always switch on the lights before it gets dark.
Mi coche no enciende por el frío.
My car won't start because of the cold.
The 'E to IE' Trick
In the present tense, the 'e' in the middle of 'encender' changes to 'ie' (enciendo). This happens for almost all subjects except 'nosotros' and 'vosotros'.
Forgetting the Stem Change
Mistake: “Yo encendo la luz.”
Correction: Yo enciendo la luz. (The 'e' must change to 'ie' in the present tense to sound natural.)
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