cease

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Inflections of 'cease' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
ceases
v 3rd person singular
ceasing
v pres p
ceased
v past
ceased
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
cease⇒ vi (stop)cesar⇒ vi
  terminar⇒ vi
 The storm ceased in the early hours of the morning.
 La tormenta cesó a primera hora del día.
cease [sth]⇒ vtr (stop)dejar⇒ vtr
  detener⇒ vtr
  parar de vi + prep
 Cease your whistling immediately!
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Hace dos años dejé el hábito de fumar.
 ¡Para de silbar inmediatamente!
cease [sth] vtr (suspend: production, publication)interrumpir⇒ vtr
  suspender⇒ vtr
  detener⇒ vtr
 That book is difficult to find because the publisher ceased publication many years ago.
 Este libro es difícil de encontrar porque la editorial interrumpió su publicación hace muchos años.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
cease and desist v expr (stop) (legal)cese y desista loc nom m
cease fire vtr + n (war: stop fighting)dar alto al fuego loc verb
  cesar el fuego loc verb
 The two sides agreed to cease fire.
 Ambos lados decidieron dar alto al fuego.
cease to do [sth] vi + prep (stop)parar de, dejar de, cesar de loc verb
cease to be v expr (die, end)dejar de existir loc verb
 Sam's search for spiritual truth began because he couldn't bear the thought that when he died he would simply cease to be.
 La búsqueda de Sam por la verdad espiritual empezó porque no podía creer que cuando uno muere simplemente deja de existir.
  dejar de ser loc verb
 La búsqueda de Sam por la verdad espiritual empezó porque no podía creer que cuando uno muere simplemente deja de ser.
cease to be [sth] v expr (stop being)cesar⇒ vi
 I'm sorry to tell you that your conversation has ceased to be of interest to me.
 Siento decirte que tu conversación ha cesado de interesarme.
  no ser más, ya no ser loc verb
 Siento decirte que tu conversación ya no es interesante para mí.
cease to exist v expr (die, end)morir⇒ vi
 If polar bears keep dying, then eventually they will cease to exist.
  dejar de existir loc verb
  extinguirse⇒ v prnl
  (figurado)desaparecer⇒ vi
cease-and-desist letter n (law: letter to stop)carta de cese y desista nf + loc adj
  carta de cese y desistimiento nf + loc adj
cease-and-desist order,
cease-and-desist n		 (law: demand to stop)cese y desista loc nom m
  orden de cese y desista nm + loc adj
ceasefire,
cease-fire n		 (truce, end to hostilities)alto el fuego loc nom m
  cese de hostilidades loc nom m
  cese de fuego loc nom m
 The armies decided to have a ceasefire at Christmas.
never cease vi (not stop, go on forever)nunca dejar de loc verb
 The radio show host's idiocy never ceases to amaze me.
 La idiotez del locutor nunca deja de asombrarme.
  no parar de loc verb
 La idiotez del locutor no para de asombrarme.
  ser de nunca acabar loc verb
 La idiotez del locutor es de nunca acabar.
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'cease' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
close - close down - come down - cut - dematerialize - desist - die - die the death - disappear - expire - get over - implode - let up - shrivel up - shut down - stop
Spanish:
fenecer - cesar - descontinuar - alto al fuego - callar - cejar - cese - dejar de existir - desamar - desaparecer - desistir - parar

Collocations: cease to [be, exist], will never cease to [amaze, amuse] me, cease and desist, more...

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