turn
turn
tûrntransitive
- to revolve hacer girar, dar vueltas a to turn a crank - dar vueltas a una manivela
- to flip pasar, volver to turn a page - pasar una página
- to rotate girar, volver don't turn your head yet - no vuelvas la cabeza todavía
- to go around dar la vuelta a, doblar to turn a. corner - dar la vuelta a la esquina
- to perform, execute dar to turn a somersault - dar una voltereta
- to shape modelar, tornear
- a phrase construir
- to twist torcer to turn an ankle - torcerse un tobillo
- to upset revolver that turns my stomach - eso me revuelve el estómago
- to influence hacer cambiar his speech turned my thinking - su discurso hizo cambiar mi modo de pensar
- to deflect desviar
- to point apuntar
- to devote entregarse, dedicarse he turned himself to music - se entregó a la música
- to direct dirigir turn your eyes to the sky - dirija su vista al cielo
- to surpass superar, sobrepasar
- to become cumplir she just turned sixteen - acaba de cumplir dieciséis años
- to curdle cortar
- to change color cambiar el color de
- to transform convertir, transformar they turned a run-down house into a showplace - convirtieron una casa en ruina en algo digno de verse
- to curve doblar
- to blunt embotar
- comercio vender we turned a great deal of merchandise during the holidays - vendimos mucha mercadería durante las fiestas
to turn about
- dar la vuelta a
to turn a deaf ear to
- hacer oídos sordos a
to turn against
- volver en contra de, enemistar con
to turn a profit
- ganar, producir una ganancia
to turn around
- words tergiversar, desvirtuar
- to turn over dar vuelta a
to turn aside
- to move over hacerse a un lado
- to deflect desviar
- eyes apartar
to turn away
- to send away no admitir, negar la entrada a
- to deflect rechazar
- head volver
- eyes desviar
to turn back
- to send back devolver
- to drive back hacer retroceder
- the clock retrasar
to turn down
- to diminish bajar
- familiar to reject rechazar, rehusar
- to fold doblar, plegar
- card poner boca abajo
to turn from
- apartar(se) de, alejar de
to turn in
- to give over presentar, entregar
- to betray entregar a la policía
- to produce hacer he turns in good work - hace un buen trabajo
- to bend inward doblar hacia adentro
to turn inside out
- poner al revés
to turn into
- to change transformar en, convertir en
- to make a turn into entrar en
- to become volverse
to turn loose
- soltar, dejar libre
to turn off
- radio, light apagar
- tap, gas cerrar
- electricity, water cortar
- to dismiss despedir, echar
- an engine parar
- jerga to disgust disgustar, dar asco a
- sexually matar el deseo de
to turn on
- water, gas abrir la llave de
- radio poner
- light encender
- an engine poner en marcha
- a tap abrir
- stove, fire encender, prender
- electrical current conectar
- to become hostile volverse en contra de
- jerga to excite excitar
to turn one's attention to
- fijar la atención en
to turn one's back on
- volver la espalda a
to turn one's coat
- figurado, familiar cambiar de opinión
to turn out
- light apagar
- to shut off cerrar
- to manufacture producir, fabricar
- to evict expulsar, echar he turned his tenants out - echó a sus inquilinos
to turn over
- to reverse in position invertir, volcar
- to think about considerar, dar vueltas a
- to transfer entregar
- a page pasar
- in business sacar, tener un volumen de negocios de to turn over a million dollars a year - sacar un millón de dólares al año
- to fold doblar
to turn over a new leaf
- figurado enmendarse, comenzar de nuevo
to turn over in one's mind
- pensar con detenimiento, meditar sobre
to turn over to
- to transfer traspasar a
- to entrust dejar a cargo de, dejar al cuidado de
to turn the cold shoulder to
- desairar, tratar con desprecio
to turn the scales
- cambiar el orden de las cosas
to turn the stomach
- causar asco
to turn the tables
- cambiar la suerte
to turn the tide of
- cambiar el curso o el rumbo de
to turn the trick
- llevar a cabo
to turn thumbs down on
- condenar a
to turn to advantage o profit
- sacar partido de, aprovechar
to turn up
- to find encontrar he turned up the missing papers under his blotter - encontró los papeles que le faltaban debajo de su carpeta
- to fold doblar hacia arriba
- sleeves arremangar
- radio, television subir, poner más fuerte
- light aumentar
- the collar alzar, levantar
- a hem subir, meter
- to place face up poner boca arriba
- to shorten acortar
- to bring to light desenterrar
to turn up one's nose at
- desdeñar, mirar con desprecio
to turn upside down
- poner patas arriba
intransitive
- to rotate girar wheels turning at a rapid rate - ruedas girando a gran velocidad
- to change direction dar la vuelta
- to turn around volverse, darse vuelta they are still looking; don't turn yet - ellos nos están mirando todavía; no te des vuelta aún
- to switch one's loyalty cambiar (de opinión, posición)
- to devote oneself dedicarse
- to become transformed transformarse, convertirse en
- to change color cambiar de color the leaves have turned - las hojas han cambiado de color
- to run a lathe tornear
- wood tornearse
- to become bent curvarse
- weather, luck cambiar
- to become ponerse, volverse to turn bitter with age - volverse amargo con los años
- to curdle cortarse
- to ferment avinagrarse
- to sour ponerse rancio
to turn around
- dar la vuelta, darse vuelta
to turn aside
- desviarse, torcer
to turn away
- to begin to leave alejarse
- to turn one's back volver la cara o la espalda
to turn back
- in a reverse direction retroceder
- to go back volverse
to turn down a street
- doblar por una calle
to turn in
- familiar to go to bed acostarse
- to point inward estar vuelto hacia adentro
to turn off
- to make a turn into desviarse, torcer
to turn out
- to be found to be resultar
- assemble acudir, asistir
- to point outward estar vuelto hacia afuera
to turn out to be
- resultar, salir
to turn over
- car, truck volcar
- airplane capotar
- to shift position voltearse
- to face the other way cambiar de frente, voltearse
- to change opinion cambiar de opinión
to turn round and round
- dar vueltas
to turn short
- dar media vuelta
to turn to
- recurrir a who can I turn to? - ¿a quién puedo recurrir?
- to begin to work on empezar
to turn up
- to be found aparecer the papers will turn up sooner or later - los papeles aparecerán tarde o temprano
- to come up salir his name turns up in gossip columns - su nombre sale en las gacetillas
- to happen ocurrir
s.
- rotation rotación feminine
- revolution revolución feminine , vuelta
- change of direction vuelta
- change cambio
- opportunity oportunidad feminine , ocasión feminine
- opportunity, time turno, vez feminine
- adeptness aptitud feminine
- inclination inclinación feminine , propensión feminine
- deed proceder masculine
- action acción feminine
- advantage provecho, utilidad feminine
- short tour vuelta, paseo corto a turn in the park - un paseo corto por el parque
- twist in shape torcimiento, torcedura
- curve curva
- a single wind vuelta
- spell ataque masculine
- shock susto, sobresalto
- teatro número
at every turn
- a cada instante, a cada momento
at the turn of the century
- al final del siglo pasado
by turns
- por turnos
in turn
- a su vez
to take another turn
- cambiar de aspecto, tomar otro cariz
to take a turn for the better worse
- mejorarse (empeorarse)
to take turns at
- turnarse, alternarse en
