turn Significat & definició

Significat de turn En català

• 0 to change direction when you are moving, or to make a car do this -- girar

  • Turn left at the traffic lights.

  • I turned the car into the drive.

• 1 to move your body so that you are facing a different direction -- girar-se

  • Ricky turned and saw Sue standing in the doorway.

• 2 to move a page in a book or magazine in order to see the next one -- passar

  • I offered to turn the pages for the pianist.

  • Turn to page 35.

• 3 to move around a central point in a circle, or to make something do this -- girar

  • Turn the steering wheel as quickly as you can.

• 4 to become blue, cold, etc. -- tornar-se blau, refredar-se, etc.

  • The sky turned black and it started to rain.

• 5 to not show any emotion when you are told something bad or when something bad happens -- no immutar-se

  • I was expecting him to be horrified when he heard the cost but he didn’t turn a hair.

• 6 to ignore someone when they complain or ask for something -- fer cas omís

  • In the past they’ve tended to turn a deaf ear to such requests.

• 7 to turn around and run away, usually because you are frightened -- girar cua

  • As soon as they saw we had guns, they turned tail and ran away.

• 8 a bend or corner in a road, river, etc. -- tombant, desviament, embocadura

  • Take the next turn on the right.

• 9 the time when you can or must do something, usually before or after someone else -- torn

  • It’s your turn to clean the flat.

  • You’ll have to be patient and wait your turn.

• 10 If two or more people take turns, one person does something, then another person does something, etc. -- fer torns

  • Mum and Dad take turns cooking.

• 11 a change in the direction in which you are moving or facing -- volta, gir

  • a right/left turn

• 12 one after another -- un darrere l’altre

  • He spoke to the three boys in turn.