Meanings (ES + gloss)
girada • giramiento • vuelta
A change of direction or orientation.
Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where[…]lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he s…
competerle a • tocarle a • turno
A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
They took turns playing with the new toy.
With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where[…]lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he s…
Phrases
Buggins' turnBuggins's turnChoctaw turnCruyff turnImmelmann turnJ-turnK-turnMarseille turnSwiss-turnU-turnabout-turnampere-turnat every turnbad turnbank-and-turn indicatorclubhouse turncourtesy turnepistemological turnevil turnface turnfar turnfilter in turnflip turngive someone a turngood turnhairpin turnhalf-turnhammerhead turnhand's turnhandbrake turnheel turnheel-face turnheel/face turnhook turnill turnin turnin-turnleft turnlinguistic turnmake a wrong turn at Albuquerque
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
girar
To make a non-linear physical movement.
the Earth turns
turn on the spot
girar • virar
To make a non-linear physical movement.
It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat o…
Turn the knob clockwise.
doblar • girar • tornar • virar
To make a non-linear physical movement.
I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railroad station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way o…
She turned right at the corner.
tornarse • volverse
To change condition or attitude.
Near-synonyms: become, get, go, come, fall, grow, wax
The leaves turn brown in autumn.
cumplir
To change condition or attitude.
This milk has turned; it smells awful.
rebelar
To change condition or attitude.
The prisoners turned on the warden.
‘You little Fool!’ returned her sister, shaking her with the sharp pull she gave her arm. ‘Have you no spirit at all? But that’s just the way! You have no self-respect, you have no…
Phrases
even a worm will turnmill-turnnot know where to turnnot know which way to turnplease turn leftplease turn rightstomach-turningthe worm turnstilt-and-turntilt-turntoss and turnturn Turkturn a blind eyeturn a cornerturn a deaf earturn a hairturn a new leafturn a number of shades of redturn a pageturn a phraseturn a setback into a comebackturn a trickturn aboutturn againturn againstturn an honest pennyturn aroundturn around one's fingerturn asideturn awayturn backturn back the clockturn downturn flukesturn forthturn headsturn hometurn inturn in on oneselfturn in one's grave