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[tɜːn]1. n1) (rotation) girodone to a turn Culin — cotto a puntino
2) (change of direction: in road) curva"no left turn" — "divieto di svolta a sinistra"
a road full of twists and turns — una strada a zigzag or tutta a curve
at the turn of the year/century — alla fine dell'anno/del secolo
to take a turn for the better — (situation, events) volgere al meglio, (patient, health) migliorare
to take a turn for the worse — (situation, events) volgere al peggio, (patient, health) peggiorare
3) Med attacco, crisi f invhe had a bad turn last night — la scorsa notte ha avuto una crisi or un peggioramento
4) (in series) turnoand he, in turn, said... — e lui, a sua volta, ha detto...
to take turns at (doing) sth; take it in turn(s) to do sth — fare qc a turno
to take/wait/miss one's turn — fare/aspettare/saltare il proprio turno
it's my turn — è il mio turno, tocca me
5) (performance) numero6)to do sb a good turn — rendere un servizio a qn2. vt1) (wheel, handle) girare, (mechanically) far girare2) (also: turn over) (record, mattress, steak) girare, voltare, rivoltarepower/success turned his head — il potere/il successo gli ha dato alla testa
4) (go past, round) girare, voltare5)to turn sb/sth into sth — trasformare qn/qc in qc6) (shape: wood, metal) tornire3. vi1) (rotate) girare, (change direction: person) girarsi, voltarsi, (vehicle) girare, svoltare, (ship) virare, (wind, tide, weather) cambiare, (reverse direction) girarsi indietroto turn and go back — girare or girarsi e tornare indietro
to turn left/right Auto — girare a sinistra/destra
he turned to politics — si è messo in politica, si è dato alla politica
2) (become) diventareto turn into sth — trasformarsi in qc, cambiare in qc•- turn in- turn off- turn on- turn out- turn up
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