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I don't know which to choose

1 which

wi
1. adjective, pronoun
(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) cuál

2. relative pronoun
((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) que

3. relative adjective, relative pronoun
(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.)

- whichever
- which is which? - which is which

which¹ adj cuál / qué

which one is yours? ¿cuál es el tuyo?

which² pron

1. cuál / qué

which of the houses is yours? ¿cuál de las casas es la tuya?

2. que

I lost the ring which he gave me perdí el anillo que me regaló

which

tr[wɪʧ]

adjective

1 (direct questions) qué, cuál, cuáles

■ which size? ¿qué tamaño/talla?

■ which colour do you prefer? ¿qué color prefieres?

■ which newspaper do you read? ¿qué periódico lees?

■ which one do you like best? ¿cuál te gusta más?

2 (indirect questions) qué

■ I can't remember which department she's in no recuerdo en qué sección trabaja

pronoun

1 (questions) cuál, cuáles

■ which do you want? ¿cuál quieres?

■ which is your car? ¿cuál es tu coche?

■ which is mine? ¿cuál es el mío?

2 (indirect questions) cuál

■ ask him which is his pregúntale cuál es el suyo

3 (defining relative) que; (with preposition) que, el/la que, el/la cual, los/las que, los/las cuales

■ the shoes which I bought los zapatos que compré

■ this is the record I was telling you about este es el disco del que te hablaba

■ the shop in which they met la tienda donde se conocieron

4 (non-defining relative) el/la cual, los/las cuales

■ two glasses, one of which was dirty dos copas, una de las cuales estaba sucia

5 (referring to a clause) lo que, lo cual

■ he lost, which was sad perdió, lo cual era triste

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

in which case en cuyo caso

which ['hwɪʧ] adj

: qué, cuál

which tie do you prefer?: ¿cuál corbata prefieres?

which ones?: ¿cuáles?

tell me which house is yours: dime qué casa es la tuya

which pron

1) : cuál

which is the right answer?: ¿cuál es la respuesta correcta?

2) : que, el (la) cual

the cup which broke: la taza que se quebró

the house, which is made of brick: la casa, la cual es de ladrillo

which (Interrogative pronoun)

pron.

• qué pron.

adj.

• cuál adj.

• el cual adj.

• que adj.

pron.

• cual pron.

• cuál pron.

• que pron.

I hwɪtʃ, wɪtʃ
pronoun

1)

a) (in questions) (sing) cuál; (pl) cuáles

which of you wrote this? — ¿cuál or quién de ustedes escribió esto?

b) ( in indirect use) cuál

do you know which she chose? — ¿sabes cuál eligió?

I can never remember which is which — nunca recuerdo cuál es cuál

2) ( as relative)

the parcel which arrived this morning — el paquete que llegó esta mañana

the newspaper in which the article appeared — el diario en el que or en el cual apareció el artículo

he said it was an accident, which I know is not true — dijo que había sido un accidente, lo cual sé que no es cierto

II

adjective

1)

a) ( in questions) (sing) qué, cuál; (pl) qué, cuáles

in which European city is it? — ¿en qué or cuál ciudad europea está?

b) ( in indirect questions) (sing) qué, cuál; (pl) qué, cuáles

ask her which chapters we have to read — pregúntale qué or cuales capítulos hay que leer

2) ( as relative)

we arrived at two, by which time they had gone — llegamos a las dos y para entonces ya se habían ido

in which case — en cuyo caso

[wɪtʃ]
1. PRONOUN

1) (in direct and indirect questions, reported speech)

Which/which one/ which ones in direct and indirect questions and after expressions of (un)certainty and doubt (e.g. no sé) usually translate as cuál/cuáles: cuál
which do you want? — (offering one) ¿cuál quieres?; (offering two or more) ¿cuáles quieres?

I can't tell which is which — no sé cuál es cuál

which of you did it? — ¿cuál de vosotros lo hizo?

which of you is Kathleen? — ¿cuál de vosotras es Kathleen?

I don't know which to choose — no sé cuál escoger

tell me which you like best — dime cuáles te gustan más

I don't mind which — no me importa cuál

2) (relative)

a) (replacing noun)
In relative clauses where which defines the noun it refers to, you can usually translate it as que. Note that in this type of sentence which can be substituted by that in English: que
the letter which came this morning was from my niece — la carta que llegó esta mañana era de mi sobrina

it's an illness which causes nerve damage — es una enfermedad que daña los nervios

do you remember the house which we saw last week? — ¿te acuerdas de la casa que vimos la semana pasada?

the bear which I saw — el oso que vi
If [which] is the object of a preposition, you can either translate it as [que] (usually preceded by the definite article) or as article + [cual]/[cuales]. Use the second option particularly in formal language or after long prepositions or prepositional phrases:
your letter, which I received this morning, cheered me up — tu carta, que or more frm la cual he recibido esta mañana, me ha levantado el ánimo

the bull which I'm talking about — el toro del que or more frm del cual estoy hablando

the meeting which we attended — la reunión a la que or more frm a la cual asistimos

the hotel at which we stayed — el hotel en el que or more frm en el cual nos hospedamos

the cities to which we are going — las ciudades a las que or more frm a las cuales vamos

he explained the means by which we could achieve our objective — explicó los medios a través de los cuales podíamos alcanzar nuestro objetivo
If instead of defining the noun the [which] clause merely adds additional information, you can translate [which] using either [que] or article + [cual]/[cuales]:
the oak dining-table, which was a present from my father, seats 10 people comfortably — la mesa de roble, que or la cual fue un regalo de mi padre, admite cómodamente diez comensales

b) (replacing clause)
When which refers to the whole of a preceding sentence or idea, translate as lo que or lo cual:

it rained hard which upset her — llovió mucho, lo que or lo cual le disgustó

they left early, which my wife did not like at all — se marcharon pronto, lo cual or lo que no agradó nada a mi mujer
After a preposition only [lo cual] can be used:
• after which we went to bed — después de lo cual nos acostamos

• from which we deduce that... — de lo cual deducimos que...

2. ADJECTIVE

1) (in direct and indirect questions, reported speech)
When which is used as an interrogative adjective, translate using qué + noun when the possibilities are very open or cuál/cuáles de + article + plural noun when the possibilities are limited: qué
which house do you live in? — ¿en qué casa vives?

which day are they coming? — ¿qué día vienen?

I don't know which tie he wants — no sé qué corbata quiere

which picture do you prefer? — ¿qué cuadro prefieres?, ¿cuál de los cuadros prefieres?

which option do you prefer? — ¿cuál de las alternativas prefieres?

which way did she go? — ¿por dónde se fue?

• which one? — ¿cuál?

I don't know which one to choose — no sé cuál escoger

tell me which ones you like best — dime cuáles te gustan más

2) (relative)

look which way you will... — mires por donde mires...

he used "peradventure", which word is now archaic — frm dijo "peradventure", palabra que ha quedado ahora anticuada

• in which case — en cuyo caso

• he didn't get here till 10, by which time Jane had already left — no llegó hasta las 10 y para entonces Jane ya se había ido

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I [hwɪtʃ, wɪtʃ]
pronoun

1)

a) (in questions) (sing) cuál; (pl) cuáles

which of you wrote this? — ¿cuál or quién de ustedes escribió esto?

b) ( in indirect use) cuál

do you know which she chose? — ¿sabes cuál eligió?

I can never remember which is which — nunca recuerdo cuál es cuál

2) ( as relative)

the parcel which arrived this morning — el paquete que llegó esta mañana

the newspaper in which the article appeared — el diario en el que or en el cual apareció el artículo

he said it was an accident, which I know is not true — dijo que había sido un accidente, lo cual sé que no es cierto

II

adjective

1)

a) ( in questions) (sing) qué, cuál; (pl) qué, cuáles

in which European city is it? — ¿en qué or cuál ciudad europea está?

b) ( in indirect questions) (sing) qué, cuál; (pl) qué, cuáles

ask her which chapters we have to read — pregúntale qué or cuales capítulos hay que leer

2) ( as relative)

we arrived at two, by which time they had gone — llegamos a las dos y para entonces ya se habían ido

in which case — en cuyo caso

English-spanish dictionary > which
2 choose ****

[tʃuːz] chose vb: pt chosen pp
1. vt

scegliere

she chose a pale pink skirt — ha scelto una gonna rosa pallido

to choose to do sth — scegliere or decidere di fare qc

2. vi

scegliere

to choose between — scegliere tra

there is nothing to choose between them — uno vale l'altro

I don't know which to choose — non so quale scegliere

have you already chosen? — hai già scelto?

to choose from — scegliere da or tra

there were several to choose from — vi era parecchia scelta

as/when I choose — come/quando voglio or decido io

English-Italian dictionary > choose ****
3 choose

u:z
past tense - chose; verb

1) (to take (one thing rather than another from a number of things) according to what one wants: Always choose (a book) carefully.) escoger

2) (to decide (on one course of action rather than another): If he chooses to resign, let him do so.) decidir

•

- nothing / not much to choose between

choose vb escoger / elegir

El pasado de choose es chose y el participio pasado es chosen; el gerundio se escribe choosing

choose

tr[ʧʊːz]

transitive verb (pt chose tr[ʧəʊz], pp chosen tr['ʧəʊzən], ger choosing)

1 (select) escoger, elegir; (elect) elegir

■ I don't know which one to choose no sé cuál escoger

2 (decide) decidir, optar por

■ they chose to stay at home decidieron quedarse en casa

intransitive verb

1 escoger, elegir

■ she had to choose between them tuvo que elegir entre ellos

■ there are so many to choose from hay tantos para elegir

2 (prefer, like) querer, preferir

■ do as you choose haz lo que quieras

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

there's not much to choose between them son muy parecidos,-as, no hay gran diferencia entre ellos

choose ['ʧu:z] v, chose ['ʧo:z] ; chosen ['ʧo:zə n] ; choosing vt

1) select: escoger, elegir

choose only one: escoja sólo uno

2) decide: decidir

he chose to leave: decidió irse

3) prefer: preferir

which one do you choose?: ¿cuál prefiere?

choose vi

: escoger

much to choose from: mucho de donde escoger

choose

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: chose, chosen) = acotar v.

• elegir v.

• escoger v.

• optar v.

• seleccionar v.

tʃuːz
1.

(past chose; past p chosen) transitive verb

a) ( select) elegir*, escoger*; \<\<candidate\>\> elegir*

b) ( decide)

to choose to + INF — decidir + inf, optar por + inf

2.

vi elegir*, escoger*

you can choose from this range — puede elegir or escoger dentro de esta gama

there's little o not much to choose between them — no hay gran diferencia entre ellos

[tʃuːz] (pt chose) (pp chosen)
1. VT

1) (gen) elegir, escoger; (=select) [+ team] seleccionar; [+ candidate] elegir

he was chosen (as) leader — fue elegido líder

there is nothing to choose between them — vale tanto el uno como el otro, no veo la diferencia entre ellos

2) (=opt)

to choose to do sth — optar por hacer algo

if I don't choose to — si no quiero

2.

VI elegir, escoger

to choose between — elegir entre

there are several to choose from — hay varios entre los que elegir

as/when I choose — como/cuando me parezca *, como/cuando me dé la gana (Sp) *

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[tʃuːz]
1.

(past chose; past p chosen) transitive verb

a) ( select) elegir*, escoger*; \<\<candidate\>\> elegir*

b) ( decide)

to choose to + INF — decidir + inf, optar por + inf

2.

vi elegir*, escoger*

you can choose from this range — puede elegir or escoger dentro de esta gama

there's little o not much to choose between them — no hay gran diferencia entre ellos

English-spanish dictionary > choose
4 which

wɪtʃ мест.
1) вопрос. который?;
какой?;
кто? (в вопросах, подразумевающих выбор) which of you am I to criticize? ≈ кого из вас мне ругать?
2) относ. каковой, (тот) который the city which you are talking about... ≈ город, о котором вы говорите... в прямых вопросах: какой?, который? - * book did you choose? которую из книг вы выбрали? - I'm going with the girls. - W.girls? я пойду с девочками. - С какими? в косвенных вопросах и придаточных предложениях: какой, который - say * chapter you prefer? скажите, какая глава вам больше всего нравится? - * Miss Smith do you mean, the younger or the elder one? которую мисс Смит вы имеете в виду, младшую или старшую? в косвенных вопросах и придаточных предложениях;
каковой - I shall complain to the colonel, * colonel by the way is my cousin я буду жаловаться полковнику, а он, кстати сказать, мой родственник - he stayed here two weeks, during * time he never left the house он пробыл здесь две недели и в течение всего этого времени ни разу не выходил из дому - he was told to apply to a police station, * advice he followed ему сказали обратиться в полицию, что он и сделал в косвенных вопросах и придаточных предложениях: любой;
тот, который - take * of these books you please возьмите любую книгу, которая вам нравится употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. в прямых вопросах, связанных с возможностью выбора: кто (из) ?;
что (из) ?;
который (из) ?;
какой? - * employees took their vacation in July? кто из служащих отдыхал в июле? - * will you take, tea or coffee? что вы будете пить, чай или кофе? - * of the girls do you like best? которая /какая/ из девушек вам больше нравится? в косвенных вопросах и придаточных предложениях: кто;
что;
который;
какой - tell me * of you did that? скажите мне, кто из вас это сделал? - will you advise me * to take? не посоветуете ли вы мне, какой /который, что/ (из них) выбрать? который, которая, которые - take the book * is on the table возьмите книгу, которая лежит на столе - this phrase, of * I have seen very few examples, is not worth learning этот оборот, который я так редко встречал, не стоит заучивать - the places to * we are going те места, куда мы сейчас едем - the pen * I was writing with ручка, которой я писал каковой;
который - he looked like a retired general, * indeed he was он был похож на генерала в отставке, кем /каковым/ он действительно и был - when overwrought, * he often was... будучи переутомленным, каковым он часто и бывал... - this fact, * I think you have forgotten, proves the contrary этот факт, который, мне кажется, вы забыли, свидетельствует об обратном употр. в качестве подлежащего придаточного предложения: что - he lost his way, * delayed him considerably он заблудился, что /и это/ его значительно задержало - he was back in London, * I did not know он уже вернулся в Лондон, чего я не знал - he demands that actors should have talent, in * he is right он требует, чтобы у артистов был талант, и в этом он прав - he is a wise fellow and, * is more, an efficiency expert он умный человек, и, более того, специалист по организации труда (в сочетании с so) (редкое) который, какой - there is not any argument so absurd, * is daily received нет более абсурдных аргументов, чем те, которые мы слышим каждый день в неправ. употр., где which излишне - this is their due, and * ought to be rendered to them by all people это их заслуга, и должно им воздать за это всем народом > after *, upon * после чего > * is *? который /кто/ из них кто? > they are so alike I can never tell * is * они так похожи, что я их не могу различить which pron rel. каковой, который, что;
the book which you are talking about... книга, о которой вы говорите... ~ pron conj. который, какой;
что;
I don't know which way we must take я не знаю, по какой дороге нам надо ехать which pron rel. каковой, который, что;
the book which you are talking about... книга, о которой вы говорите... ~ pron conj. который, какой;
что;
I don't know which way we must take я не знаю, по какой дороге нам надо ехать ~ pron inter. который?;
какой?;
кто? (подразумевается выбор) ;
which of you am I to thank? кого из вас мне благодарить?;
which way shall we go? в какую сторону мы пойдем? ~ pron inter. который?;
какой?;
кто? (подразумевается выбор) ;
which of you am I to thank? кого из вас мне благодарить?;
which way shall we go? в какую сторону мы пойдем? ~ pron inter. который?;
какой?;
кто? (подразумевается выбор) ;
which of you am I to thank? кого из вас мне благодарить?;
which way shall we go? в какую сторону мы пойдем?

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > which
5 which

wi 1. adjective, pronoun
(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) hvilken; hvem, hva
2. relative pronoun
((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) som
3. relative adjective, relative pronoun
(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) som; hvilket

- whichever
- which is which? - which is which

som

I
determ. \/wɪtʃ\/

hvilke(n), hvilket, hvem (av)

• which girl is it?

hvem av jentene er det?

• I don't know which came first

jeg vet ikke hvilken som kom først

• he left on Monday or Tuesday, I forget which

han dro mandag eller tirsdag, jeg husker ikke hvilken av de to dagene det var

• which way did she go?

hvilken vei gikk hun?

• which of them is your husband?

hvem av dem er din mann?

of which hvis

• the house, the roof of which could be seen above the trees...

huset, hvis tak man kunne se over trærne...

to which og dertil, i tillegg

• added to which he is depressed

og dertil kommer det at han er deprimert

which is which hvem som er hvem, hva som er hva

• it's impossible to tell which is which of the twins

det er umulig å se hvem som er hvem av tvillingene

which of hvilke(n) av, hvilket av, hvem av

which one? hvilken da?, hvem da?
II
subjunksjon \/wɪtʃ\/

( i relativsetninger) som, hvilket, hva, noe som

• the river which flows through London is called the Thames

elven som renner gjennom London kalles Themsen

• was the book (which) you were reading a novel?

var boken (som) du leste en roman?

• this desk, which I bought yesterday, is made of oak

dette skrivebordet, som jeg kjøpte i går, er av eik

• he is an old man, which ought not to be forgotten

han er en gammel mann, hvilket ikke bør glemmes

• I lost my way, which delayed me considerably

jeg gikk meg bort, noe som forsinket meg betraktelig

• he said he had seen it, which was a lie

han sa han hadde sett det, noe som var en løgn

• she told me to leave, which I did

hun ba meg om å gå, hvilket jeg gjorde

all of which som alle, hvorav alle

• these books, all of which are very old, were discovered in the attic

disse bøkene, som alle er svært gamle, ble funnet på loftet

about which som

• the changes, about which we spoke yesterday, will not be implemented

forandringene som vi snakket om i går, vil ikke bli iverksatt

against which mot hvilke(n), mot hvilket, som... ikke

• a disease against which there is no cure

en sykdom som ikke kan helbredes

among which blant hvilke

for which hvilket, som

• a gift for which I was very grateful

en gave som jeg ble veldig glad for

of which som... om

• the letter of which I have informed you...

brevet, som jeg har informert deg om...

English-Norwegian dictionary > which
6 which

[wɪtʃ] [AE hwɪtʃ] 1.
determinante

1) (interrogative) quale, che

which books? — quali libri?

which one of the boys...? — quale dei ragazzi...?

he told me which book he'd like — mi ha detto quale libro vorrebbe

2) (relative)

he left the room, during which time... — ha lasciato la stanza e nel frattempo...

you may wish to join, in which case... — forse volete partecipare, in tal caso
2.
pronome

1) (anche which one) quale

which do you want, the red skirt or the blue one? — quale gonna vuoi, quella rossa o quella blu?

which of you...? — chi di voi...?

show her which you mean — mostrale quale vuoi dire

which is the shortest route? — qual è la strada più corta?

do you mind which you have? — hai qualche preferenza?

I don't mind which — uno vale l'altro

can you tell which is which? — sai distinguerli?

2) (relative to preceding noun) che, il quale, la quale, i quali, le quali; (with prepositions) il quale, la quale, i quali, le quali, cui

the painting which hangs in the sitting room — il quadro (che è) appeso in salotto

the book which he's spoken about o about which he's spoken — il libro di cui ha parlato

3) (relative to preceding clause or concept)

he said he hadn't done it, which he can't prove — disse che non l'aveva fatto lui, cosa che non può provare

which reminds me... — il che mi ricorda

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[wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun
(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) quale; chi
2. relative pronoun
((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) che; il quale, la quale, i quali, le quali
3. relative adjective, relative pronoun
(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.)

- whichever
- which is which? - which is which
* * *
[wɪtʃ] [AE hwɪtʃ] 1.
determinante

1) (interrogative) quale, che

which books? — quali libri?

which one of the boys...? — quale dei ragazzi...?

he told me which book he'd like — mi ha detto quale libro vorrebbe

2) (relative)

he left the room, during which time... — ha lasciato la stanza e nel frattempo...

you may wish to join, in which case... — forse volete partecipare, in tal caso
2.
pronome

1) (anche which one) quale

which do you want, the red skirt or the blue one? — quale gonna vuoi, quella rossa o quella blu?

which of you...? — chi di voi...?

show her which you mean — mostrale quale vuoi dire

which is the shortest route? — qual è la strada più corta?

do you mind which you have? — hai qualche preferenza?

I don't mind which — uno vale l'altro

can you tell which is which? — sai distinguerli?

2) (relative to preceding noun) che, il quale, la quale, i quali, le quali; (with prepositions) il quale, la quale, i quali, le quali, cui

the painting which hangs in the sitting room — il quadro (che è) appeso in salotto

the book which he's spoken about o about which he's spoken — il libro di cui ha parlato

3) (relative to preceding clause or concept)

he said he hadn't done it, which he can't prove — disse che non l'aveva fatto lui, cosa che non può provare

which reminds me... — il che mi ricorda

English-Italian dictionary > which
7 which

[wɪtʃ] 1. adj
1) który

which picture do you want? — który obraz chcesz?

which one? — który?

2)

the train may be late, in which case don't wait up — pociąg może się spóźnić. W takim wypadku nie czekaj na mnie

we got there at 8 pm, by which time the cinema was full — dotarliśmy tam o ósmej. Do tego czasu kino było już pełne
2. pron
1) ( interrogative) który

which (of these) are yours? — które (z tych) są twoje?

2) ( relative) ( referring to preceding noun) który; ( referring to preceding clause) co

the chair on which you are sitting — krzesło, na którym siedzisz

she said I was late, which was true — powiedziała, że się spóźniłem, co było prawdą

after which — po czym

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[wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun
(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) który
2. relative pronoun
((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) który
3. relative adjective, relative pronoun
(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) który, co

- whichever
- which is which? - which is which

English-Polish dictionary > which
8 tellement

tellement [tεlmɑ̃]

adverb

   a. ( = si) so ; (avec comparatif) so much

• il est tellement gentil he's so nice

• tellement plus fort so much stronger

• tellement plus beau so much more beautiful

• tellement meilleur so much better

• j'étais tellement fatigué que je me suis couché immédiatement I was so tired that I went straight to bed

   b. ( = tant) so much ; (avec pluriel) so many

• tellement de gens so many people

• tellement de temps so much time

• il a tellement insisté que... he insisted so much that...

• il travaille tellement qu'il se rend malade he works so much that he's making himself ill

   c. (introduisant une cause) on ne le comprend pas, tellement il parle vite he talks so fast that you can't understand him

• il trouve à peine le temps de dormir, tellement il travaille he works so much that he hardly finds time to sleep

   d. (locutions)

► pas tellement

• pas tellement fort not that strong

• il ne travaille pas tellement he doesn't work that much

• tu aimes le cinéma ? -- pas tellement do you like the cinema? -- not particularly► plus tellement

• ce n'est plus tellement à la mode it's not really that fashionable any more

• cela ne se fait plus tellement people no longer do that very much

• y allez-vous toujours ? -- plus tellement, maintenant qu'il y a le bébé do you still go there? -- not much now that we've got the baby

• on ne la voit plus tellement we don't see much of her any more

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tɛlmɑ̃
1.

adverbe

1) ( marquant l'intensité) ( modifiant un adjectif ou un adverbe) so; ( modifiant un verbe ou un comparatif) so much

pas tellement — not much

il n'aime pas tellement lire — he doesn't like reading much

‘il y avait beaucoup de monde?’ - ‘pas tellement’ — ‘were there many people?’ - ‘not really’

ce n'est pas tellement que je sois fatigué mais... — it's not so much that I'm tired but...

cela n'a plus tellement d'importance — it doesn't really matter any more

je n'ai plus tellement envie d'y aller — I don't really want to go any more

il n'est pas tellement plus jeune que moi — he's not that much younger than me

il y avait tellement de gens que je me suis perdu — there were so many people that I got lost

2) ( si nombreux)

il y en a tellement qui aimeraient le faire — so many people would like to do it

3) ( introduisant une cause)

j'ai de la peine à suivre tellement c'est compliqué — it's so complicated that I find it hard to follow

2.

tellement de déterminant indéfini

1) ( avec un nom dénombrable) so many

il y a tellement de choses à voir — there's so much to see

2) ( avec un nom non dénombrable) so much

il a eu tellement de chance — he was so lucky

j'ai vu tellement de monde — I saw so many people

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tɛlmɑ̃ adv
1) (= tant) so much

Il travaille tellement. — He works so much.

il ne mange pas tellement — he doesn't eat much, he doesn't eat all that much

tellement de (quantité) — so much, (nombre) so many

Il y avait tellement de monde. — There were so many people.

Il a tellement mangé que... — He ate so much that...

Il s'est endormi tellement il était fatigue. — He was so tired that he fell asleep.

2) (comparaison)

tellement plus grand (que) — so much bigger (than)

3) (= si) so

Andrew est tellement gentil. — Andrew's so nice.

pas tellement fort — not all that strong

4) (= vraiment)

pas tellement — not really

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tellement ⇒ Les quantités

A adv

1 ( marquant l'intensité) ( modifiant un adjectif ou un adverbe) so; ( modifiant un verbe) so much; ( modifiant un comparatif) so much; pas tellement not much; il est tellement gentil/bête he's so nice/stupid; ça va tellement vite it goes so fast; c'est tellement loin l'Australie Australia is so far away; il t'aime tellement he loves you so much; elle déteste tellement les interviews she hates interviews so much; ils ont tellement grandi they've grown so much; ce serait tellement mieux it'd be so much better; c'est tellement plus facile/rapide de cette façon it's so much easier/quicker this way; il n'aime pas tellement lire he doesn't like reading much; ‘ça t'a plu?’-‘pas tellement’ ‘did you like it?’-‘not much’; ‘il y avait beaucoup de monde?’-‘pas tellement’ ‘were there many people?’-‘not really’; deux ans ce n'est pas tellement long two years isn't so very long; ce n'est pas tellement que je sois fatigué mais… it's not so much that I'm tired but…; cela n'a plus tellement d'importance it doesn't really matter any more; je n'ai plus tellement envie d'y aller I don't really want to go any more; elle n'a plus tellement le temps she doesn't really have time these days; il n'a pas tellement fait beau the weather wasn't that good; il n'y a pas tellement d'années○ not many years ago; il n'est pas tellement plus jeune que moi he's not that much younger than me; ‘tu le vois régulièrement?’-‘plus tellement’ ‘do you see him regularly?’-‘not so much anymore’; tellement drôle/faim/vite que so funny/hungry/fast that; c'est tellement mieux payé que je vais accepter it's so much better paid that I'm going to accept; il reste tellement peu de vin que there's so little wine left that; il y avait tellement de gens que je me suis perdu there were so many people that I got lost; es-tu tellement fatigué que tu ne puisses pas bouger? liter are you so tired that you can't even move?;

2 ○( si nombreux) nous étions tellement à cette soirée que there were so many of us at this party that; il y en a tellement qui aimeraient le faire so many people would like to do it;

3 ( introduisant une cause) j'ai de la peine à suivre tellement c'est compliqué it's so complicated that I find it hard to follow; on ne pouvait pas respirer tellement il y avait de monde there were so many people that you couldn't even breathe; nous ne sommes pas sortis tellement le temps était menaçant the weather looked so threatening that we didn't go out.

B tellement de dét indéf

1 ( avec un nom dénombrable) so many; il y a tellement de livres que je ne sais pas lequel choisir there are so many books (that) I don't know which to choose; on voit tellement de choses bizarres you see so many strange things; j'ai tellement de choses à faire I've got so many things to do, I've got so much to do; il y a tellement de choses à voir there's so much to see;

2 ( avec un nom non dénombrable) so much; j'ai tellement de travail que je ne sais plus où donner de la tête I've got so much work (that) I don't know if I'm coming or going; il a eu tellement de chance/succès he was so lucky/successful; j'ai vu tellement de monde I saw so many people.

[tɛlmɑ̃] adverbe

1. [avec un adverbe, un adjectif]

c'est tellement loin it's so far

je n'ai pas tellement mal it doesn't hurt that ou so much

il est tellement têtu he's so stubborn

c'est tellement mieux comme ça it's so much better like that

2. [avec un verbe]

j'ai tellement pleuré! I cried so much!

[en corrélation avec 'que']

j'en ai tellement rêvé que j'ai l'impression d'y être déjà allée I've dreamt about it so much ou so often that I feel I've been there already

3. [introduisant la cause]

personne ne l'invite plus tellement il est ennuyeux he's so boring (that) nobody invites him anymore

j'ai mal aux yeux tellement j'ai lu my eyes hurt from reading so much

4. (locution)

pas tellement (familier) not really

plus tellement (familier) not really any more

je n'aime plus tellement ça I don't really like that any more

des jeunes au chômage, comme on en voit tellement dans la rue young people on the dole such as you often come across on the street

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tellement de locution déterminante

j'ai tellement de travail/de soucis en ce moment I've got so much work/so many worries at the moment

[en corrélation avec 'que']

il y avait tellement de bruit que l'on ne s'entendait plus there was so much noise that we could no longer hear ourselves speak

il y a tellement d'hôtels que je ne sais lequel choisir there are so many hotels that I don't know which one to choose

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tellement
9 który

pron

1) (w zdaniach pytajnych) which

którą gazetę chcesz? — which paper do you want?

którego dzisiaj? — what's the date today?

która jest godzina? — what time is it?, what's the time?

który z was to zna? — which one of you knows?

2)

(w zdaniach podrzędnych) człowiek, którego znasz... — the man (that) you know...

nie wiem, którą z nich wybrać — I don't know which to choose

ludzie, z którymi mieszkam — the people (that) I live with

dziewczyna, z której mamą rozmawiałem — the girl whose mother I was talking to

Nowy słownik polsko-angielski > który
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pron

(decl like adj) ( w zdaniach pytajnych) which

którą książkę chcesz? — which book do you want?

którego dzisiaj mamy? — what's the date today?

która godzina? — what time is it?, what's the time?

o której (godzinie) masz pociąg? — what time is your train?

który z was... — which one of you... ( w zdaniach podrzędnych)

człowiek, którego widzisz... — the man (that) you see...

nie wiem, którą wybrać — I don't know which to choose

ludzie, z którymi pracuję — the people (that) I work with

dziewczyna, z której siostrą rozmawiałem — the girl whose sister I was talking to

mało lub rzadko który — hardly anyone lub anybody

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który

pron.

1. ( wyraża pytanie) which; o której godzinie? at what time?; który to? which one is it?; którego dzisiaj mamy? what's the date today?

2. ( rozpoczyna zdanie podrzędne) ( odnosząc się do osoby) who; ( czasem w przypadkach zależnych) whom; ( odnosząc się do rzeczy) which; ( w zdaniu przydawkowym definiującym) that; dziewczyna, którą spotkałem the girl who I met, the girl I met, the girl that I met, the girl whom I met; książka, którą czytam the book I'm reading, the book that I'm reading, the book which I'm reading; John, który widział mnie wcześniej, od razu mnie poznał John, who had seen me before, recognized me at once.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > który
11 scegliere

choose, pick, select

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scegliere v.tr.

1 to choose*, to pick, to select; ( fare una scelta) to make* a choice of (sthg.): non ho ancora scelto le migliori composizioni, I haven't yet selected the best compositions; non so quale libro scegliere, I don't know which book to choose; quale sceglieresti fra questi?, which of these would you choose (o pick)? // non c'è da scegliere, there is no choice // scegliere una carriera, to choose a career // scegliere il minore dei due mali, to choose the lesser of (the) two evils

2 ( selezionare) to pick out, to sort out: fu scelto come il migliore studente, he was picked out as the best student; scegli i libri inglesi e mettili tutti qui, sort out the English books and put them all here; scegli le pesche più grosse e portale qui, pick out the biggest peaches and bring them here // (sport) scegliere il campo, to toss for ends

3 ( optare) to choose*, to prefer: ha scelto di stare a casa e non uscire con noi, he preferred (o chose) to stay home and not come out with us

◆ v. intr. to choose*: è difficile scegliere, it's hard to choose; non c'è sempre la possibilità di scegliere, you don't always have the chance to choose.

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['ʃeʎʎere]
verbo transitivo

1) to choose*, to pick [persona, opzione, libro]; to choose* [metodo, sistema]

scegliere di rimanere — to choose o opt to stay

scegliere per primo — to get first pick

puoi scegliere fra tre colori — you have a choice of o you can select o pick from three colours

scegli! — take your pick!

scegliere bene, male — to make the right, wrong choice

sta a te scegliere — it's your choice

2) (selezionare) to select, to single out [frutta, riso]

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scegliere

/'∫eλλere/ [83]

verbo transitivo

1 to choose*, to pick [persona, opzione, libro]; to choose* [metodo, sistema]; scegliere di rimanere to choose o opt to stay; scegliere per primo to get first pick; puoi scegliere fra tre colori you have a choice of o you can select o pick from three colours; scegli! take your pick! scegliere bene, male to make the right, wrong choice; sta a te scegliere it's your choice

2 (selezionare) to select, to single out [frutta, riso].

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > scegliere
12 carta

f.

1 letter (escrito).

echar una carta to post o (British) mail a letter (United States)

carta abierta open letter (en periódico)

carta de agradecimiento letter of thanks, thank you letter

carta de amor love letter

carta bomba letter bomb

carta certificada recorded o (British) certified letter (United States)

carta de crédito (commerce) letter of credit

carta postal postcard (Am)

carta de presentación letter of introduction; (para un tercero) covering letter (con currículum) (British), cover letter (United States)

carta de recomendación reference (letter)

carta urgente express letter

2 (playing) card (naipe).

jugar a las cartas to play cards

echar las cartas a alguien to tell somebody's fortune (with cards)

3 menu.

a la carta à la carte; (menú) pay-per-view (televisión, programación)

comer a la carta to eat à la carte

carta de vinos wine list

4 map (mapa).

carta astral star chart

5 charter (document).

cartas credenciales letters of credence

carta Magna constitution (constitución)

carta de naturaleza naturalization papers

carta de trabajo work permit

carta verde green card

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carta

► nombre femenino

1 (misiva) letter

2 (naipe) card

3 (minuta) menu

4 (documento jurídico) charter

5 (mapa) chart

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a la carta à la carte

dar carta blanca a alguien to give somebody a free hand, give somebody carte blanche

echar una carta to post a letter, US mail a letter

echar las cartas a alguien to tell somebody's fortune

jugárselo todo a una carta figurado to put all one's eggs in one basket

no saber a qué carta quedarse figurado not to know what to do

poner las cartas sobre la mesa figurado to put one's cards on the table

tomar cartas en un asunto figurado to take part in an affair

carta abierta open letter

carta blanca carte blanche

carta certificada registered letter

carta de ajuste TELEVISIÓN test card

carta de naturaleza / carta de ciudadanía naturalization papers plural

carta de navegación navigation chart

carta de presentación / carta de recomendación letter of introduction

carta de vinos wine list

carta urgente express letter

'Cartas al director' (de un periódico) "Letters to the editor"

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noun f.

1) letter

2) card

3) charter

4) map

5) menu

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SF

1) (Correos) letter

• echar una carta (al correo) — to post a letter

- a carta cabal

era honrado a carta cabal — he was totally honest

es un caballero a carta cabal — a true o real gentleman

- tomar cartas en el asunto

carta abierta — open letter

carta adjunta — covering letter

carta certificada — registered letter

carta de acuse de recibo — letter of acknowledgement

carta de amor — love letter

carta de asignación — letter of allotment

carta de aviso — letter of advice

carta de despido — letter of dismissal, pink slip (EEUU) *

carta de dimisión — letter of resignation

carta de pésame — letter of condolence

carta de presentación — letter of introduction

esta exposición es la mejor carta de presentación del pintor — this exhibition is the best introduction to the painter

carta de recomendación — [para un trabajo] letter of recommendation; [como presentación] letter of introduction

carta de solicitud — (letter of) application

carta pastoral — pastoral letter

carta postal — LAm postcard

carta tipo — standard letter

carta urgente — special-delivery letter

2) (Jur, Com) (=documento)

carta blanca — carte blanche

dar carta blanca a algn — to give sb carte blanche

tener carta blanca — to have a free hand, have carte blanche

carta de ciudadanía — naturalization papers pl

carta de crédito — letter of credit

carta de crédito documentaria — documentary letter of credit

carta de crédito irrevocable — irrevocable letter of credit

carta de emplazamiento — summons

carta de hidalguía — letters patent of nobility pl

carta de intenciones — letter of intent

carta de naturaleza — naturalization papers pl

- adquirir o tomar carta de naturaleza

carta de pago — receipt, discharge in full

carta de pedido — (Com) order

carta de portes — bill of lading

carta de venta — bill of sale

carta ejecutoria — letters patent of nobility pl

carta verde — (Aut) green card, certificate of insurance (EEUU)

cartas credenciales — credentials

3) (=estatuto) charter

la Carta de las Naciones Unidas — the United Nations Charter

Carta de Derechos — Bill of Rights

Carta Magna — (=constitución) constitution; Brit ( Hist) Magna Carta

Carta Social (Europea) — (European) Social Charter

4) (Naipes) card

una baraja de cartas españolas — a pack of Spanish (playing) cards

• echar las cartas a algn — to tell sb's fortune ( with cards)

fui a una pitonisa a que me echara las cartas — I went to a fortune-teller to have my fortune told with cards

• jugar a las cartas — to play cards

- ¡carta canta!

- enseñar las cartas

- poner las cartas boca arriba o sobre la mesa

- no saber a qué carta quedarse

- a cartas vistas

carta de figura — picture card

5) (Culin) menu

• a la carta — à la carte

carta de vinos — wine list

6) (=mapa) (Geog) map; (Náut) chart

carta acotada — contour map

carta astral — star chart

carta bomba — letter-bomb

carta de flujo — flowchart

carta de marear — chart

carta de navegación, carta de viaje, carta de vuelo — flight plan

carta geográfica, carta marítima — chart

carta meteorológica — weather chart, weather map

carta náutica, carta naval — chart

7) (TV)

carta de ajuste — test card

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femenino

1) (Corresp) letter

¿hay carta para mí? — are there any letters for me?, is there any mail for me?

echar una carta al correo — to mail (esp AmE) o (esp BrE) post a letter

carta de despido/renuncia — letter of dismissal/resignation

carta de solicitud — letter of application

- carta abierta

- carta blanca

- carta bomba

- carta certificada

- carta de agradecimiento

- carta de amor

- carta de ciudadanía

- carta de nacionalización or de naturaleza

- carta de pago

- carta de presentación

- carta de recomendación

- carta urgente

- carta verde

2) ( naipe) card

jugar a las cartas — to play cards

dar las cartas — to deal the cards

a carta cabal: es honrado a carta cabal he's completely honest; un caballero a carta cabal a perfect o real gentleman; echarle las cartas a alguien to tell somebody's fortune; jugar bien las cartas to play one's cards right; jugárselo todo a una carta to risk everything on one throw; no saber a qué carta quedarse: no sé a qué carta quedarme I don't know what to think; poner las cartas boca arriba or sobre la mesa to put o lay one's cards on the table; tomar cartas en el asunto — to intervene

- cartas del Tarot

3) ( de organización) charter; ( de país) constitution

- Carta Magna

4) ( en restaurante) menu

comer a la carta — to eat à la carte

- carta de vinos

5) (ant) ( mapa) map

•

- carta astral

- carta de ajuste

- carta de navegación

- carta de vuelo

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= card, envelope, letter, charter.

Ex. Add to the designation, when appropriate, the number and the name(s) of the component pieces of the object; e.g., 1 game (1 board), 50 cards, 2 dice.

Ex. A jacket or sleeve is a protective envelope for a sound disc, made of cardboard or paper.

Ex. Thus, where the text of an article is interspersed amongst advertisements, letters and other contributions, only those pages on which parts of the article are printed are listed.

Ex. Libraries may operate under state law, county or municipal ordinances, or charters.

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* a la carta = a la carte.

* baraja de cartas = pack of playing cards, deck of playing cards, deck of cards.

* carta abierta = open letter.

* carta adjunta = covering letter.

* carta aeronáutica = aeronautical chart.

* carta autógrafa = autograph letter.

* carta blanca = free hand, carte blanche, blank cheque [blank check, -USA].

* carta bomba = letter bomb.

* carta certificada = registered letter.

* carta comercial = business letter.

* carta de adhesión = letter of support.

* carta de agradecimiento = note of thanks, thank-you letter.

* carta de amor = love letter.

* carta de apoyo = letter of support.

* carta de baraja = playing card.

* carta de barras de color = colour bar.

* carta de derechos = charter of rights.

* carta de derechos humanos = charter of human rights.

* carta de intenciones = letter of intent.

* carta de invitación = letter of invitation, invitation letter.

* Carta de la ONU, la = UN charter, the.

* carta de navegación = aeronautical chart, navigational chart.

* carta de nombramiento = letter of appointment.

* carta de pedido = order letter.

* carta de presentación = cover letter, letter of introduction, calling card.

* carta de privilegios = charter.

* carta de recomendación = testimonial, letter of recommendation, letter of reference, reference letter.

* carta de referencia = reference.

* carta de rescate = ransom note.

* carta de servicios = service offer.

* carta de vinos = wine list.

* carta interminable = epistle.

* Carta Magna, la = Magna Carta, the.

* carta marina = navigational chart.

* carta modelo = model letter.

* carta náutica = nautical chart.

* carta personal = personal letter.

* carta real = charter.

* cartas al director = letter to the editor.

* carta verde = green card.

* contestar una carta = answer + letter.

* darle a Alguien carta blanca = give + Nombre + a blank cheque.

* envío masivo de cartas = mail shot.

* escritura de cartas = letter writing.

* franquear una carta = frank + letter.

* juego de cartas = euchre.

* jugar bien + Posesivo + cartas = play + Posesivo + cards right.

* jugárselo todo a una sola carta = put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket.

* libro de registro de entrada y salida de cartas = letterbook [letter book].

* poner el matasellos a una carta = postmark.

* poner las cartas boca arriba = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* poner las cartas sobre la mesa = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* redacción de cartas = letter writing.

* registro de salida de cartas = outward letterbook.

* tener carta blanca = have + carte-blanche.

* tomar carta en = get + stuck into.

* * *

femenino

1) (Corresp) letter

¿hay carta para mí? — are there any letters for me?, is there any mail for me?

echar una carta al correo — to mail (esp AmE) o (esp BrE) post a letter

carta de despido/renuncia — letter of dismissal/resignation

carta de solicitud — letter of application

- carta abierta

- carta blanca

- carta bomba

- carta certificada

- carta de agradecimiento

- carta de amor

- carta de ciudadanía

- carta de nacionalización or de naturaleza

- carta de pago

- carta de presentación

- carta de recomendación

- carta urgente

- carta verde

2) ( naipe) card

jugar a las cartas — to play cards

dar las cartas — to deal the cards

a carta cabal: es honrado a carta cabal he's completely honest; un caballero a carta cabal a perfect o real gentleman; echarle las cartas a alguien to tell somebody's fortune; jugar bien las cartas to play one's cards right; jugárselo todo a una carta to risk everything on one throw; no saber a qué carta quedarse: no sé a qué carta quedarme I don't know what to think; poner las cartas boca arriba or sobre la mesa to put o lay one's cards on the table; tomar cartas en el asunto — to intervene

- cartas del Tarot

3) ( de organización) charter; ( de país) constitution

- Carta Magna

4) ( en restaurante) menu

comer a la carta — to eat à la carte

- carta de vinos

5) (ant) ( mapa) map

•

- carta astral

- carta de ajuste

- carta de navegación

- carta de vuelo

* * *

= card, envelope, letter, charter.

Ex: Add to the designation, when appropriate, the number and the name(s) of the component pieces of the object; e.g., 1 game (1 board), 50 cards, 2 dice.

Ex: A jacket or sleeve is a protective envelope for a sound disc, made of cardboard or paper.

Ex: Thus, where the text of an article is interspersed amongst advertisements, letters and other contributions, only those pages on which parts of the article are printed are listed.

Ex: Libraries may operate under state law, county or municipal ordinances, or charters.

* a la carta = a la carte.

* baraja de cartas = pack of playing cards, deck of playing cards, deck of cards.

* carta abierta = open letter.

* carta adjunta = covering letter.

* carta aeronáutica = aeronautical chart.

* carta autógrafa = autograph letter.

* carta blanca = free hand, carte blanche, blank cheque [blank check, -USA].

* carta bomba = letter bomb.

* carta certificada = registered letter.

* carta comercial = business letter.

* carta de adhesión = letter of support.

* carta de agradecimiento = note of thanks, thank-you letter.

* carta de amor = love letter.

* carta de apoyo = letter of support.

* carta de baraja = playing card.

* carta de barras de color = colour bar.

* carta de derechos = charter of rights.

* carta de derechos humanos = charter of human rights.

* carta de intenciones = letter of intent.

* carta de invitación = letter of invitation, invitation letter.

* Carta de la ONU, la = UN charter, the.

* carta de navegación = aeronautical chart, navigational chart.

* carta de nombramiento = letter of appointment.

* carta de pedido = order letter.

* carta de presentación = cover letter, letter of introduction, calling card.

* carta de privilegios = charter.

* carta de recomendación = testimonial, letter of recommendation, letter of reference, reference letter.

* carta de referencia = reference.

* carta de rescate = ransom note.

* carta de servicios = service offer.

* carta de vinos = wine list.

* carta interminable = epistle.

* Carta Magna, la = Magna Carta, the.

* carta marina = navigational chart.

* carta modelo = model letter.

* carta náutica = nautical chart.

* carta personal = personal letter.

* carta real = charter.

* cartas al director = letter to the editor.

* carta verde = green card.

* contestar una carta = answer + letter.

* darle a Alguien carta blanca = give + Nombre + a blank cheque.

* envío masivo de cartas = mail shot.

* escritura de cartas = letter writing.

* franquear una carta = frank + letter.

* juego de cartas = euchre.

* jugar bien + Posesivo + cartas = play + Posesivo + cards right.

* jugárselo todo a una sola carta = put + all (of) + Posesivo + eggs in one basket.

* libro de registro de entrada y salida de cartas = letterbook [letter book].

* poner el matasellos a una carta = postmark.

* poner las cartas boca arriba = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* poner las cartas sobre la mesa = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* redacción de cartas = letter writing.

* registro de salida de cartas = outward letterbook.

* tener carta blanca = have + carte-blanche.

* tomar carta en = get + stuck into.

* * *

carta

feminine

A ( Corresp) letter

¿hay carta para mí? are there any letters for me?, is there any mail for me?

carta de despido/renuncia letter of dismissal/resignation

carta de solicitud letter of application

Compuestos:

● carta abierta

open letter

● carta blanca

carte blanche

le dieron carta blanca she was given carte blanche o a free hand

● carta bomba

letter bomb

● carta certificada

registered letter

● carta circular

circular

● carta comendatoria

( frml) letter of recommendation, reference

● carta de agradecimiento

thank-you letter

● carta de amor

love letter

● carta de apoyo

reference, letter of recommendation

● carta de ciudadanía

naturalization papers (pl)

tradiciones que ya han adquirido carta de ciudadanía en nuestro país traditions which have been adopted o which are now totally accepted in our country

● carta de crédito

letter of credit

● carta de intenciones

letter of intent

● carta de introducción

letter of introduction

● carta de nacionalización or de naturaleza

naturalization papers (pl)

● carta de pago

receipt, official receipt

● carta de pésame

letter of condolence

● carta de portes

bill of lading, manifest

● carta de presentación

letter of introduction

● carta de recomendación

reference, letter of recommendation

● carta pastoral

pastoral

● cartas credenciales

fpl credentials (pl)

● carta urgente

special-delivery letter

● carta verde

green card

B (naipe) card

baraja de cartas deck o ( BrE) pack of cards

jugar a las cartas to play cards

barajar/dar las cartas to shuffle/deal the cards

a carta cabal: es honrado a carta cabal he's completely and utterly honest

es un caballero a carta cabal he's a perfect o real gentleman

echarle las cartas a algn to tell sb's fortune

fue a que le echaran las cartas he went to have his fortune told

jugar bien las cartas to play one's cards right

jugarse la última carta to play one's last card

todavía no me he jugado la última carta I still have one card up my sleeve o left to play

jugárselo todo a una carta to risk everything on one throw

no saber a qué carta quedarse: no sé a qué carta quedarme I don't know what to think, I don't know which story ( o version etc) to believe

poner las cartas boca arriba or sobre la mesa to put o lay one's cards on the table

tomar cartas en algo to intervene in sth

voy a tener que tomar cartas en el asunto I'm going to have to step in o intervene

Compuestos:

● cartas de tarot or del Tarot

fpl Tarot cards (pl)

● cartas españolas

fpl Spanish playing cards (pl) (suits: bastos, espadas, copas, oros)

● cartas francesas or de póker

fpl French playing cards (pl) (suits: spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds)

C (de una organización) charter; (de un país) constitution

Compuestos:

● Carta Constitucional or Fundamental

( frml); Constitution

● carta de derechos humanos

human rights charter, charter of human rights

● Carta de la ONU

UN Charter

● Carta de las Naciones Unidas

United Nations Charter

● Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea

(UE) Charter of Fundamental Rights

● Carta Magna

( Hist) Magna Carta; (constitución) ( frml) constitution

● Carta Social

(UE) social chapter o charter

D (en un restaurante) menu

comer a la carta to eat à la carte

Compuesto:

carta de vinos

wine list

E ( ant) (mapa) map

Compuestos:

● carta astral

astral chart

● carta de ajuste

test card

● carta de colores

color* chart

● carta de flujo

flowchart

● carta del cielo

astral chart

● carta de marear

chart

● carta de navegación

chart

● carta de viaje

chart

● carta de vuelo

flight plan

● carta marina

chart

● carta meteorológica

weather chart

* * *

carta sustantivo femenino
1 (Corresp) letter;
◊ ¿hay carta para mí? are there any letters for me?;

echar una carta al correo to mail (esp AmE) o (esp BrE) post a letter;
carta adjunta or explicatoria covering letter;
carta blanca carte blanche;
carta certificada registered letter;
carta de amor love letter;
carta de recomendación reference, letter of recommendation;
carta urgente special-delivery letter
2 ( naipe) card;
◊ jugar a las cartas to play cards;

dar las cartas to deal the cards;
echarle las cartas a algn to tell sb's fortune;
poner las cartas sobre la mesa to put o lay one's cards on the table
3 ( en restaurante) menu;
◊ comer a la carta to eat à la carte;

carta de vinos wine list
carta sustantivo femenino
1 letter
carta abierta, open letter
carta certificada, registered letter
carta de presentación, letter of introduction
2 (de un restaurante) menu: comeremos a la carta, we'll eat à la carte
carta de vinos, wine list
3 Naipes card
jugar a las cartas, to play cards
4 Av Náut chart
5 (documento oficial) papers
carta blanca, carte blanche
carta de naturaleza, naturalization papers 6 carta magna, constitution
♦ Locuciones: figurado adquirir carta de naturaleza, to become widely accepted
echarle las cartas a alguien, to tell somebody's fortune
no saber a qué carta quedarse, not to know what to think about sthg
figurado poner las cartas sobre la mesa, to put o lay one's cards on the table
tomar cartas en un asunto, to intervene in an affair
' carta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abierta
- abierto
- acompañar
- anónima
- anónimo
- astral
- atentamente
- avión
- certificar
- desalentador
- desalentadora
- destilar
- destinataria
- destinatario
- dictar
- disimulo
- don
- encabezamiento
- estimada
- estimado
- grafológica
- grafológico
- jugarse
- olvidarse
- personal
- recomendación
- sacar
- saludar
- sellar
- señora
- servidor
- servidora
- tenor
- a
- anexo
- borrador
- buzón
- cerrado
- certificado
- cifrar
- comercial
- comodín
- contenido
- contestar
- corazón
- correo
- de
- despachar
- destinado
- difamatorio
English:
acknowledge
- acknowledgement
- address
- answer
- apologetic
- attachment
- bear
- best
- bomb
- card
- carte blanche
- chain letter
- chart
- charter
- compose
- convey
- cover letter
- covering
- date
- direct
- egg
- express
- faithfully
- forget
- formality
- from
- get
- gram
- heading
- include
- insufficient
- leeway
- letter
- letter bomb
- letterhead
- look forward to
- love
- manage
- menu
- missive
- notepaper
- on
- penfriend
- post
- postmark
- receive
- receiver
- recipient
- redirect
- reference

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carta nf

1. [escrito] letter;

echar una carta to Br post o US mail a letter

Comp
carta abierta open letter;
carta de agradecimiento letter of thanks, thank you letter;

carta de amor love letter;

carta blanca carte blanche;

dar carta blanca a alguien to give sb carte blanche o a free hand;

tiene carta blanca para conceder un crédito she is solely responsible for deciding whether or not to give somebody a loan;

carta bomba letter bomb;

carta certificada Br recorded o US certified letter;

carta pastoral pastoral letter;

carta de pésame letter of condolence;
Am carta postal postcard;
carta de presentación [para un tercero] letter of introduction;
[con un currículum] Br covering letter, US cover letter;
carta de recomendación reference (letter);

carta urgente express letter

2. [naipe] (playing) card;

baraja de cartas pack o deck of cards;

jugar a las cartas to play cards;

echar las cartas a alguien to tell sb's fortune [with cards];

voy a ir a que me echen las cartas I'm going to have my fortune told;

Comp

carta sobre la mesa, pesa once you've played a card, you can't change your mind;

Comp

enseñar las cartas to show one's hand;

Comp

jugar a cartas vistas [con honradez] to act openly;
[con certeza] to act with certainty;
Comp

jugar bien sus cartas to play one's cards right;

Comp

jugarse la última carta to play one's last card;

Comp

jugarse todo a una carta to put all one's eggs in one basket;

Comp

no saber a qué carta quedarse to be unsure;

Comp

poner las cartas boca arriba o [m5] sobre la mesa to put one's cards on the table

Comp
carta falsa low card
3. [menú] menu;

a la carta [menú] à la carte;
[televisión, programación] pay-per-view;
comer a la carta to eat à la carte;

no tienen menú del día y hay que comer a la carta they don't have a set menu, you have to choose from the à la carte menu;

un servicio a la carta a tailor-made service

Comp
carta de vinos wine list
4. [mapa] map;
Náut chart
Comp
carta astral star chart, astrological chart;
carta de marear sea chart;

carta marina sea chart;

carta meteorológica weather map

5. [documento] charter

Comp
Náut carta de contramarca letter of reprisal;
cartas credenciales letters of credence;
Com carta de crédito letter of credit; Com carta de crédito documentaria documentary letter of credit; Náut carta de fletamento charter party;
carta fundacional founding charter;

carta general form letter;

carta de hidalguía letters patent of nobility;
Dep carta de libertad:
dar la carta de libertad a alguien to give sb a free transfer;

Carta Magna [constitución] constitution;
Náut carta de marca letters-of-marque;
carta de naturaleza naturalization papers;
Com carta de pago receipt; Com carta de pedido order;
la Carta Social the Social Charter;

carta de trabajo work permit;
Com carta de venta bill of sale;
carta verde green card [for international car insurance]

6. TV carta de ajuste Br test card, US test pattern

7. Comp

a carta cabal through and through;

es un hombre íntegro a carta cabal he's honest through and through;

adquirir o [m5] tomar carta de naturaleza [costumbre, práctica] to become widely accepted;

tomar cartas en un asunto to intervene in a matter

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carta

f

1 letter

2 GASTR menu;

a la carta à la carte

3 ( naipe) playing card;

jugar a las cartas play cards;

jugar a cartas vistas play straight;

jugarse todo a una carta risk everything on one throw;

tomar cartas en el asunto intervene in the matter;

poner las cartas boca arriba fig put one’s cards on the table;

honrado a carta cabal utterly honest;

no saber a qué carta quedarse not know what to do;

echar las cartas a alguien tell s.o.’s fortune

4 ( mapa) chart

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carta nf

1) : letter

2) naipe: playing card

3) : charter, constitution

4) menú: menu

5) : map, chart

6)

tomar cartas en : to intervene in

* * *

carta n

1. (escrito) letter

estoy escribiendo una carta I'm writing a letter

2. (naipe) card / playing card

juguemos a las cartas let's play cards

3. (lista de comidas) menu

pide lo que quieras de la carta order whatever you want from the menu

carta de navegación chart

Spanish-English dictionary > carta
13 donner

donner [dɔne]

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1. transitive verb

2. intransitive verb

3. reflexive verb

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➭ TABLE 1

1. <

   a. to give

• donner qch à qn to give sth to sb to give sb sth

• donner à boire à qn to give sb something to drink

• donner son corps à la science to donate one's body to science

• donner sa vie pour une cause to give one's life for a cause

• donnez-moi un kilo d'oranges I'd like a kilo of oranges

• j'ai déjà donné ! I've already made a donation! ; ( = on ne m'y reprendra plus !) I've been there!(PROV) donner c'est donner, reprendre c'est voler a gift is a gift

• donner quelque chose à faire à qn to give sb something to do

• donner ses chaussures à ressemeler to take one's shoes to be resoled

• le médecin lui donne 3 mois the doctor has given him 3 months

• je vous le donne en mille ! (inf) you'll never guess!

• donner une punition à qn to punish sb

• donner un coup de balai à la pièce to give the room a quick sweep

   b. ( = céder) [+ vieux vêtements] to give away

• donner sa place à une dame to give up one's seat to a lady

   c. ( = distribuer) to hand out ; [+ cartes] to deal

• c'est à vous de donner (les cartes) it's your deal

   d. ( = indiquer) [+ détails, idée, avis, ton] to give ; [+ sujet de devoir, tempo] to set

• pouvez-vous me donner l'heure ? can you tell me the time?

   e. ( = causer) [+ plaisir, courage] to give ; [+ peine, mal] to cause

• ça donne faim it makes you hungry

• donner le vertige à qn to make sb giddy

• mangez ça, ça va vous donner des forces eat this, it'll give you some energy

   f. ( = organiser) [+ réception, bal] to give ; [+ pièce] to perform

   g. ( = attribuer) quel âge lui donnez-vous ? how old would you say he was?

• je lui donne 50 ans I'd say he was 50

   h. ( = produire) [+ fruits, récolte] to yield ; [+ résultat] to produce

• elle lui a donné un fils she gave him a son

• cette méthode ne donne rien this method is totally ineffective

• qu'est-ce que ça donne ? (inf) how's it going?

   i. (locutions) donner un fait pour certain to present a fact as a certainty

• on l'a donné pour mort he was given up for dead

• tout donne à croire que... everything suggests that...

• c'est ce qu'on m'a donné à entendre that's what I was given to understand

2. <

   a. ( = produire) les pommiers ont bien donné cette année the apple trees have produced a good crop this year

   b. (locutions)

► donner de

• je ne sais plus où donner de la tête I don't know which way to turn► donner dans [+ piège] to fall into

• il donne dans le sentimentalisme he's got to be rather sentimental► donner sur [pièce, porte] to open onto ; [fenêtre] to overlook

• la maison donne sur la mer the house overlooks the sea

3. <

► se donner

   a. ( = se consacrer)

se donner à to devote o.s. to

• il s'est donné à fond he gave his all

   b. ( = échanger) ils se donnaient des baisers they were kissing each other

   c. (à soi-même) donne-toi un coup de peigne give your hair a comb

• se donner bien du mal to go to a lot of trouble

• il s'est donné la peine de me prévenir he took the trouble to warn me

• se donner bonne conscience to ease one's conscience

• se donner un président to choose a president

• s'en donner à cœur joie to have a whale of a time (inf)

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dɔne
1.

verbe transitif

1) gén

donner quelque chose à quelqu'un — to give something to somebody, to give somebody something [livre, adresse, emploi, temps, autorisation, conseil, courage, rhume]; Jeux to deal [cartes] (à to)

donner pour les œuvres — to give to charity

donner l'heure à quelqu'un — to tell somebody the time

je lui donne 40 ans — I'd say he/she was 40

on ne lui donne pas d'âge — you can't tell how old he/she is

donner froid/faim à quelqu'un — to make somebody feel cold/hungry

donner à croire or penser or comprendre que... — to suggest that...

donner à quelqu'un à penser/croire que... — to make somebody think/believe that...

donne-moi ton genou que j'examine cette blessure — let me see your knee so that I can look at that wound

2) ( confier) to give [objet, tâche] ( à faire to do)

elle donne sa fille à garder à mes parents — she has my parents look after her daughter

j'ai donné ma voiture à réparer — I've taken my car in to be repaired

3) ( présenter) [salle, cinéma] to show [film]; [théâtre] to put on [pièce]; [troupe] to give [spectacle, représentation]

qu'est-ce qu'on donne au Marignan? — Cinéma what's showing ou on at the Marignan?; Théâtre what's playing at the Marignan?

4) ( organiser) to give [dîner, gala] ( pour quelqu'un for somebody)

5) ( assurer) to give [cours, exposé] (à, devant to)

6) ( considérer) to give [personne, œuvre] (comme, pour as)

les sondages le donnent en tête — the polls put him in the lead

7) ( produire) to give [sentiment, impression]; to give [ombre, aspect, teinte]; to produce, to yield [fruits, jus]; to produce [résultats]

leur intervention n'a rien donné — their intervention didn't have any effect

8) ( manifester) to show [signes] (à to)

9) (colloq) ( dénoncer) to inform on [complice] (à to)

10) ( entreprendre)

donner l'assaut à quelqu'un — to attack somebody

donner la charge contre quelqu'un — to charge at somebody

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( produire)

le poirier va bien donner cette année — the pear tree will produce GB ou yield a good crop this year

2) ( émettre un son) [radio] to be playing

donner du cor — ( à la chasse) to sound the horn

3) ( heurter)

donner sur ou contre — [personne, animal, véhicule] to hit, to run into

donner de la tête or du front contre quelque chose — to hit one's head against something

ne plus savoir où donner de la tête — fig not to know which way to turn

4) ( être orienté)

donner sur — [chambre, fenêtre] to overlook [mer, rue]; [porte] to give onto

donner au nord/sud — [façade, pièce] to face ou look north/south

la cuisine donne dans le salon — the kitchen leads into the living-room

5) ( avoir tendance à)

donner dans — to tend toward(s)

en ce moment, il donne dans la musique baroque — at the moment, he's into (colloq) baroque music

6) ( se lancer)

donner dans un piège — to fall into a trap

7) ( consacrer)

donner de soi-même or de sa personne — to give of oneself

8) ( attaquer) [troupe, chars] to attack, to go into action

3.

se donner verbe pronominal

1) ( se livrer)

se donner à — to devote oneself to [travail, cause]

se donner à fond dans quelque chose — to give one's all to something

2) ( s'octroyer)

se donner le temps de faire — to give oneself time to do

se donner les moyens de faire — to find the means to do

pays qui se donne un nouveau président — country which is getting a new president

3) ( s'imposer)

se donner pour or comme but/mission de faire — to make it one's aim/mission to do

se donner pour tâche de faire — to set oneself the task of doing

4) ( affecter)

se donner pour intelligent/pacifiste — to make oneself out to be intelligent/a pacifist

se donner de grands airs — to give oneself airs

5) ( échanger)

se donner des coups — to exchange blows

se donner des baisers — to kiss one another

se donner rendez-vous — to arrange to meet

se donner le mot — to pass the word on

••

donnant donnant: je garde ton chat à Noël, tu gardes le mien à Pâques — fair's fair: I keep your cat at Christmas, you keep mine at Easter

avec lui, c'est donnant donnant — he never does anything for nothing

je te le donne en mille — (colloq) you'll never guess

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dɔne
1. vt

1) [objet personnel, argent] to give, (= faire don de) to give away

"Tu as toujours ta veste en daim?"- - "Non, je l'ai donnée." — "Have you still got your suede jacket?" - - "No, I've given it away."

donner qch à qn [cadeau, renseignement] — to give sb sth, to give sth to sb

Elle m'a donné son adresse. — She gave me her address.

2) [spectacle] to put on, [film] to show

3) [résultat, effet] to produce

Cela donne un résultat surprenant. — It produces a surprising result.

4) (autres locutions)

donner l'heure à qn — to tell sb the time

donner un coup à qn — to hit sb

donner faim à qn — to make sb feel hungry

Ça m'a donné faim. — That made me feel hungry.

2. vi

1) (= faire un don) to give

Il donne toujours quand c'est pour Médecins Sans Frontières. — He always gives something when it's for Médecins Sans Frontières.

non merci, j'ai déjà donné ironique — no thanks, I've had my fair share of that

2)

donner de sa personne (= se sacrifier) — to give of o.s.

3) [soleil] to shine

Le soleil donnait à fond. — The sun was beating down.

4) [arbre fruitier] to bear fruit

Notre noyer n'a pas donné cette année. — Our walnut tree didn't have any nuts this year.

5) (= laisser croire)

donner à penser que... — to make one think that...

donner à entendre que... — to give to understand that...

6) (= avoir vue)

donner sur [fenêtre, chambre] — to look onto, to overlook

une fenêtre qui donne sur la mer — a window that looks onto the sea, a window overlooking the sea

7) (se laisser prendre)

donner dans [piège] — to fall into, [genre, style] to slip into

8) MILITAIRE (= charger, attaquer)

faire donner l'infanterie — to send in the infantry

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donner verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( mettre en la possession de) to give [livre, jouet, argent, salaire]; donner qch à qn to give sth to sb, to give sb sth; donner pour les œuvres to give to charity; j'ai déjà donné! lit I've already made a donation!; fig been there, done that!; je donnerais beaucoup or cher pour savoir qui/comment I'd give a lot to know who/how; ⇒ chat;

2 ( attribuer) to give [nom, titre] (à to); donner un sens particulier à un mot to give a word a particular meaning; je lui donne 40 ans I'd say he/she was 40; on ne lui donne pas d'âge you can't tell how old he/she is; il me donnait du ‘Maître’ he was calling me ‘Maître’;

3 ( faire avoir) to give [migraine, appétit, courage, cauchemars] (à to); donner froid/faim à qn to make sb feel cold/hungry;

4 ( procurer) to give [objet, emploi, nourriture, réponse, conseil] (à to); Jeux to deal [cartes] (à to); donner le bras/la main à qn to give sb one's arm/hand; donner à boire à qn to give sb something to drink; c'est à toi de donner Jeux it's your deal; donner à croire or penser or comprendre que… to suggest that…; donner à qn à penser/croire que… to make sb think/believe that…; donne-moi ton genou que j'examine cette blessure let me see your knee so that I can look at that wound; ⇒ main;

5 (transmettre, communiquer) to give [renseignement] (à to); je vais vous donner mon adresse I'll give you my address; elle m'a donné son rhume she's given me her cold; donner l'heure à qn to tell sb the time;

6 ( confier) to give [objet, tâche] (à faire to do); il m'a donné son chat/ses livres à garder he gave me his cat/his books to look after; elle donne sa fille à garder à mes parents she has my parents look after her daughter; j'ai donné ma voiture à réparer I've taken my car in to be repaired;

7 ( accorder) to give [temps, moyens, autorisation]; je ne te donne pas deux mois pour te faire renvoyer I'd give you less than two months before you're sacked; donner tout son temps au club to devote all one's time to the club;

8 ( présenter) [salle, cinéma] to show [film]; [théâtre] to put on [pièce]; [troupe] to give [spectacle, représentation] ; qu'est-ce qu'on donne au Marignan? Cin what's showing ou on at the Marignan?; Théât what's playing at the Marignan?; cette pièce a été donnée pour la première fois en 1951 this play was first performed in 1951;

9 ( organiser) to give [dîner, réception, gala] (pour qn for sb);

10 ( assurer) to give [cours, exposé] (à, devant to);

11 ( considérer) to give [personne, œuvre] (comme, pour as); les sondages le donnent en tête the polls put him in the lead; on donne ce texte pour authentique this text is given as authentic; les spécialistes le donnent comme futur champion the experts point to him as the future champion;

12 ( produire) [aspect] to give [sentiment, impression]; [plante] to give [ombre]; to produce, to yield [fruits, jus, substance]; [expérience, méthode] to produce [résultats]; [procédé, éclairage, maquillage] to give [aspect, teinte]; leur intervention n'a rien donné their intervention didn't have any effect; elle lui a donné trois fils she gave him three sons; mange des carottes, ça te donnera bonne mine eat carrots, they're good for your complexion;

13 ( manifester) to show [signes] (à to); donner des signes de faiblesse to show signs of weakness;

14 ○( dénoncer) to grass on○ GB, to fink on○ US, to inform on [complice] (à to);

15 ( entreprendre) [troupe, infanterie, police] donner l'assaut à qn to attack sb; donner la charge contre qn to charge at sb.

B vi

1 ( produire) [plante] to produce a crop GB, to yield a crop; le poirier va bien donner cette année the pear tree will produce GB ou yield a good crop this year;

2 ( émettre un son) [radio, hi-fi] to be playing; leur téléviseur donne à fond their television is on full blast; donner du cor Chasse to sound the horn;

3 ( heurter) donner sur ou contre [personne, animal] to run into; [tête] to hit; [véhicule] to hit, to run into; donner de la tête or du front contre qch to hit one's head against sth; ne plus savoir où donner de la tête fig not to know which way to turn;

4 ( être orienté) donner sur or dans [porte, chambre, fenêtre] ( d'une hauteur) to overlook, to look out over; ( de plain-pied) to look onto [mer, cour, rue]; donner au nord/sud [façade, pièce] to face ou look north/south; la cuisine donne dans le salon the kitchen leads into the living-room; la fenêtre donne sur la mer the window overlooks the sea;

5 ( avoir tendance à) donner dans to tend toward(s); donner dans le masochisme [roman, film] to tend toward(s) masochism; [personne] to have masochistic tendencies; en ce moment, il donne dans la musique baroque at the moment, he's into○ baroque music;

6 ( se lancer) donner dans une embuscade/un piège to fall into an ambush/a trap;

7 ( consacrer) donner de soi-même or de sa personne to give of oneself; donner de soi-même pour faire/pour qch to devote oneself to doing/to sth;

8 ( attaquer) [troupe, chars] to attack, to go into action; faire donner la troupe to send the troops into action.

C se donner vpr

1 ( se livrer) se donner à to devote oneself to [travail, cause, peinture]; se donner à fond dans qch to give one's all to sth; se donner à un homme to give oneself to a man;

2 ( s'octroyer) se donner le temps de faire to give oneself time to do; se donner les moyens de faire to find the means to do; pays qui se donne un nouveau président country which is getting a new president; il se donnait le nom de Brutus/le titre de docteur he called himself Brutus/gave himself the title of doctor; ⇒ joie, temps;

3 ( s'imposer) se donner pour or comme but/mission de faire to make it one's aim/mission to do; il se donne le détachement comme objectif he makes it his aim to be detached; il se donne comme objectif de perdre 15 kilos he has set himself the target of losing 15 kilos; se donner pour tâche de faire to set oneself the task of doing; je me donne trois jours pour finir I'll give myself three days to finish;

4 ( affecter) se donner pour intelligent/pacifiste to make oneself out to be intelligent/a pacifist; il se donne pour plus compétent qu'il n'est he makes himself out to be more competent than he really is; elle se donne des airs de Marilyn Monroe she walks around as if she's Marylin Monroe; se donner de grands airs to give oneself airs; un prétentieux qui se donne des airs de savant a pretentious man who acts as if he is a scholar; se donner bonne conscience to affect a clear conscience; se donner une nouvelle image to give oneself a new image; il se donne une importance qu'il n'a pas he acts as if he's important when he isn't;

5 ( échanger) se donner des coups to exchange blows; se donner des baisers to kiss one another; se donner rendez-vous to arrange to meet; se donner le mot to pass the word on;

6 ( être joué) [film] to be showing (à at); [spectacle] to be put on (à at); [pièce] to be playing (à at).

Idiomes

donnant donnant: je garde ton chat à Noël, tu gardes le mien à Pâques fair's fair: I keep your cat at Christmas, you keep mine at Easter; avec lui, c'est donnant donnant he never does anything for nothing; je te le donne en mille○ you'll never guess.

[dɔne] verbe transitif

A.[CÉDER, ACCORDER]

1. [offrir] to give

[se débarrasser de] to give away (separable)

[distribuer] to give out (separable)

donner quelque chose à quelqu'un to give something to somebody, to give somebody something

donner quelque chose en cadeau à quelqu'un to make somebody a present of something

donner quelque chose en souvenir à quelqu'un to give ou to leave somebody something as a souvenir

il est joli, ce tableau! — je te le donne what a lovely picture! — please have it

à ce prix-là, ma petite dame, je vous le donne! at that price, dear, I'm giving it away!

c'était donné, l'examen, cette année! (familier) the exam was a piece of cake this year!

dis donc, on te l'a donné, ton permis de conduire! (humoristique) how on earth did you pass your driving test!

donner sa place à quelqu'un dans le train to give up one's seat to somebody on the train

donner à boire à un enfant to give a child a drink ou something to drink

donner à manger aux enfants/chevaux to feed the children/horses

(en usage absolu) to give

donner aux pauvres to give to the poor

donner de son temps to give up one's time

donner de sa personne to give of oneself

j'ai déjà donné! (familier) I've been there ou through that already!

2. DROIT [léguer] to leave

[faire don public de - argent, œuvre d'art, organe] to donate, to give

3. [accorder - subvention] to give, to hand out (separable) ; [ - faveur, interview, liberté] to give, to grant ; [ - prix, récompense] to give, to award

donner sa fille en mariage à quelqu'un to marry one's daughter to somebody

donner la permission à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose to allow somebody to do something, to give somebody permission to do something

donner rendez-vous à quelqu'un

a. ADMINISTRATION to make an appointment with somebody

b. [ami, amant] to make a date with somebody

donner à quelqu'un l'occasion de faire quelque chose to give somebody the opportunity to do something ou of doing something

donner son soutien à quelqu'un to give one's support to somebody, to support somebody

(tournure impersonnelle)

il n'est pas donné à tout le monde de... not everybody is fortunate enough to...

4. [laisser - délai] to give, to leave

5. [confier] to give, to hand, to pass

donner une tâche à quelqu'un to entrust somebody with a job

elle m'a donné sa valise à porter she gave me her suitcase to carry

donner ses enfants à garder to have one's children looked after

6. [remettre - généralement] to give ; [ - devoir] to give, to hand in (separable)

donne la balle, Rex, donne! come on Rex, let go (of the ball)!

donnez vos papiers hand over your papers

7. [vendre - suj: commerçant] to give

8. [payer] to give

combien t'en a-t-on donné? how much did you get for it?

je donnerais cher pour le savoir I'd give a lot to know that

je donnerais n'importe quoi pour le retrouver I'd give anything to find it again

9. [administrer - médicament, sacrement] to give, to administer (soutenu) ; [ - bain] to give

donner 15 ans de prison à quelqu'un to give somebody a 15-year prison sentence

donner une punition à quelqu'un to punish somebody

10. [appliquer - coup, baiser] to give

donner une fessée à quelqu'un to smack somebody's bottom, to spank somebody

donner un coup de rabot/râteau/pinceau à quelque chose to go over something with a plane/rake/paintbrush

11. [passer, transmettre] to give, to pass on (separable)

son père lui a donné le goût du théâtre she got her liking for the theatre from her father

12. [organiser - dîner, bal] to give, to throw

13. (locution)

je vous le donne en cent ou mille (familier) you'll never guess in a month of Sundays ou in a million years

B.[CONFÉRER]

1. [assigner] to give

donner un nom à quelqu'un to give somebody a name, to name somebody

je donne peu d'importance à ces choses I attach little importance to these things

2. [attribuer]

on ne lui donnerait pas son âge he doesn't look his age

quel âge me donnez-vous? how old would you say I am?

3. [prédire] to give

je ne lui donne pas trois mois

a. [à vivre] I give her less than three months to live

b. [avant d'échouer] I'll give it three months at the most

C.[GÉNÉRALEMENTÉRER]

1. [suj: champ] to yield

[suj: arbre fruitier] to give, to produce

2. [susciter, provoquer - courage, énergie, espoir] to give ; [ - migraine] to give, to cause ; [ - sensation] to give, to create ; [ - impression] to give, to produce

donner du souci à quelqu'un to worry somebody

les enfants donnent du travail children are a lot of work

donner des boutons à quelqu'un to make somebody come out in spots

faire la vaisselle me donne des boutons (figuré) I'm allergic to washing-up

ça donne la diarrhée it gives you ou causes diarrhoea

donner chaud/froid/faim/soif à quelqu'un to make somebody hot/cold/hungry/thirsty

donner mal au cœur à quelqu'un to make somebody (feel) sick ou nauseous

3. [conférer - prestige] to confer, to give ; [ - aspect, charme] to give, to lend

le grand air t'a donné des couleurs the fresh air has brought colour to your cheeks

pour donner plus de mystère à l'histoire to make the story more mysterious

4. [aboutir à - résultats] to give, to yield ; [ - effet] to result in

en ajoutant les impôts, cela donne la somme suivante when you add (in) ou on the tax, it comes to the following amount

et ta candidature, ça donne quelque chose? have you had anything about your application?

les recherches n'ont rien donné the search was fruitless

la robe ne donne pas grand-chose comme cela, essaie avec une ceinture the dress doesn't look much like that, try it with a belt

j'ai ajouté du vin à la sauce — qu'est-ce que ça donne? I've added some wine to the sauce — what is it like now?

D.[EXPRIMER, COMMUNIQUER]

1. [présenter, fournir - garantie, preuve, précision] to give, to provide ; [ - explication] to give ; [ - argument] to put forward (separable) ; [ - ordre, consigne] to give

donner un conseil à quelqu'un to give somebody a piece of advice, to advise somebody

donner ses sources to quote one's sources

donner une certaine image de son pays to show one's country in a particular light

donner à entendre ou comprendre que to let it be understood that

ces faits nous ont été donnés comme vrais we were led to believe that these facts were true

donner quelque chose pour certain to give something as a certainty

on le donnait pour riche he was said ou thought to be rich

2. [dire] to give

donner des nouvelles à quelqu'un to give somebody news

donnez-moi de ses nouvelles tell me how he is

je te le donne pour ce que ça vaut (familier) that's what I was told, anyway

3. [indiquer - suj: instrument] to give, to indicate, to show

4. (familier) [dénoncer] to give away (separable), to rat on, to shop (UK)

5. [rendre public - causerie, cours] to give ; [ - œuvre, spectacle] to put on

qu'est-ce qu'on donne au Rex? what's on at the Rex?

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[dɔne] verbe intransitif

1. [produire - arbre] to bear fruit, to yield ; [ - potager, verger, terre] to yield

la vigne a bien/mal donné cette année the vineyard had a good/bad yield this year

dis donc, elle donne, ta chaîne hi-fi! (familier) that's a mean sound system you've got there!

donner à plein

a. [radio] to be on full blast, to be blaring (out)

b. [campagne de publicité, soirée] to be in full swing

le soleil donne à plein the sun is beating down

2. CARTES to deal

à toi de donner your deal

3. [attaquer] to charge

faire donner la garde/troupe to send in the guards/troops

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donner dans verbe plus préposition

1. [tomber dans]

donner dans une embuscade to be ambushed

sans donner dans le mélodrame without becoming too melodramatic

2. [se cogner contre]

l'enfant est allé donner dans la fenêtre the child crashed into the window

3. [déboucher sur] to give out onto

l'escalier donne dans une petite cour the staircase gives out onto ou leads to ou leads into a small courtyard

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donner de verbe plus préposition

1. [cogner avec]

donner du coude/de la tête contre une porte to bump one's elbow/one's head against a door

2. [utiliser]

donner du cor to sound the horn

donner de la voix to raise one's voice

donner de la tête [animal] to shake its head

ne plus savoir où donner de la tête (figuré) to be run off one's feet

3. NAUTIQUE

donner de la bande to list

4. (locution)

elle lui donne du "monsieur" she calls him "Sir"

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donner sur verbe plus préposition

1. [se cogner contre]

la barque alla donner sur le rocher the boat crashed into the rock

2. [être orienté vers]

la chambre donne sur le jardin/la mer the room overlooks the garden/the sea

chambre donnant sur la mer room with a sea view

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se donner verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

[film, pièce] to be on

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se donner verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [employer son énergie]

monte sur scène et donne-toi à fond get on the stage and give it all you've got

se donner à: se donner à une cause to devote oneself ou one's life to a cause

elle s'est donnée à fond ou complètement dans son entreprise she put all her effort into her business

2. (soutenu) [sexuellement]

se donner à quelqu'un to give oneself to somebody

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se donner verbe pronominal transitif

1. [donner à soi-même]

se donner un coup de marteau sur les doigts to hit one's fingers with a hammer

se donner les moyens de faire quelque chose to give oneself the means to do something

se donner du bon temps

a. [généralement] to have fun

b. (euphémisme) to give oneself a good time

[s'accorder - délai] to give ou to allow oneself

2. [échanger] to give one another ou each other

se donner un baiser to give each other a kiss, to kiss

ils se sont donné leurs impressions they swapped views

3. [se doter de] to give oneself

4. [prétendre avoir]

il se donne trente ans he claims to be thirty

5. (locution)

s'en donner à cœur joie, s'en donner: les enfants s'en sont donné au square the children had the time of their lives in the park

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se donner pour verbe pronominal plus préposition

to pass oneself off as, to claim to be

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donnant donnant locution adverbiale

that's fair, fair's fair

d'accord, mais c'est donnant donnant OK, but I want something in return

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > donner

14 pick

I
1. pik verb
1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) elegir, escoger

2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) coger, recoger

3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) levantar, recoger, coger

4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) forzar

2. noun
1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) elección, selección

2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) lo mejor

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- pickpocket
- pick-up
- pick and choose
- pick at
- pick someone's brains
- pick holes in
- pick off
- pick on
- pick out
- pick someone's pocket
- pick a quarrel/fight with someone
- pick a quarrel/fight with
- pick up
- pick up speed
- pick one's way
II pik noun
((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) pico, piqueta

pick¹ n

to take your pick coger el que quieras

they're almost the same, take your pick son casi iguales, coge el que quieras

pick² vb

1. escoger / elegir / seleccionar

I don't know which dress to pick no sé qué vestido escoger

2. coger

she picked a red rose from the garden cogió una rosa roja del jardín

to pick someone's pocket robarle a alguien cosas de su bolsillo / robar la cartera

pick

tr[pɪk]

noun

1 (choice) elección nombre femenino, selección nombre femenino

■ here's my pick of this month's videos he aquí mi selección personal de los vídeos del mes

■ take your pick elige el que quieras, escoge el que quieras

transitive verb

1 (choose - gen) elegir, escoger; (team) seleccionar

2 (flowers, fruit, cotton, etc) coger, recoger

3 (remove pieces from - gen) escarbar, hurgar; (spots) tocarse

4 (remove from - hair etc) quitar

5 (open - lock) forzar, abrir con una ganzúa

6 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (pluck - guitar etc) puntear

7 (of birds) picotear

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

the pick of lo mejor de

to pick a fight with somebody buscar camorra con alguien

to pick a hole in something agujerear algo

to pick and choose ser muy exigente

to pick holes in something figurative use encontrar defectos en algo

to pick one's nose hurgarse la nariz

to pick one's teeth mondarse los dientes, escarbarse los dientes

to pick oneself up (stand up) levantarse, ponerse de pie 2 (after illness) reponerse

to pick somebody's brains explotar los conocimientos de alguien

to pick somebody's pocket robar algo del bolsillo de alguien

to pick a winner (horse) pronosticar el ganador 2 (choose well) elegir bien, escoger bien

to pick up speed coger velocidad, acelerar la marcha

to pick up the bill pagar la cuenta

the pick of the bunch el/la mejor de todos,-as

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pick

tr[pɪk]

noun

1 (tool) pico, piqueta

2 (plectrum) púa, plectro

pick ['pɪk] vt

1) : picar, labrar (con un pico)

he picked the hard soil: picó la tierra dura

2) : quitar, sacar (poco a poco)

to pick meat off the bones: quitar pedazos de carne de los huesos

3) : recoger, arrancar (frutas, flores, etc.)

4) select: escoger, elegir

5) provoke: provocar

to pick a quarrel: buscar pleito, buscar pelea

6)

to pick a lock : forzar una cerradura

7)

to pick someone's pocket : robarle algo del bolsillo de alguien

someone picked my pocket!: ¡me robaron la cartera del bolsillo!

pick vi

1) nibble: picar, picotear

2)

to pick and choose : ser exigente

3)

to pick at : tocar, rascarse (una herida, etc.)

4)

to pick on tease: mofarse de, atormentar

pick n

1) choice: selección f

2) best: lo mejor

the pick of the crop: la crema y nata

3) pickax

pick

n.

• flor s.f.

• lanzado s.m.

• lo más escogido s.m.

• pico s.m.

• punzón s.m.

v.

• coger v.

• escarbar v.

• escoger v.

• picar v.

• recoger v.

• recolectar v.

• seleccionar v.

• vendimiar v.

pɪk
I

noun

1)

a) pickax

b) ( ice pick) piolet m

c) ( plectrum) púa f, plectro m, uñeta f (CS), uña f (Méx, Ven)

2)

a) ( choice) (no pl)

take your pick — elige or escoge el (or los etc) que quieras

b) ( best)

the pick of something — lo mejor de algo

to be the pick of the bunch — ser* el mejor de todos

c) ( tip) (AmE) pronóstico m, fija f (CS)

II
1.

transitive verb

1)

a) (choose, select) \<\<number/color\>\> elegir*, escoger*; \<\<team/crew\>\> seleccionar

to pick a winner — ( in racing) pronosticar* el ganador; ( choose well) elegir* or escoger* bien

to pick one's way — andar* con mucho cuidado

b) ( provoke)

to pick a fight — buscar* pelea

to pick a fight with somebody — meterse con alguien

are you trying to pick a quarrel with me? — ¿quieres que discutamos?

2) ( gather) \<\<flower\>\> cortar, coger* (esp Esp); \<\<fruit/cotton/tea\>\> recoger*, coger* (esp Esp), pizcar* (Méx)

3)

a) ( remove matter from)

to pick one's nose — meterse el dedo en la nariz, hurgarse* la nariz

to pick one's teeth — escarbarse los dientes

don't pick your spots — no te toques los granitos

the vultures picked the bones clean — los buitres dejaron los huesos limpios

to pick somebody's pocket — robarle la billetera (or las llaves etc) a alguien del bolsillo, bolsear a alguien (Mex fam), carterear a alguien (Chi fam)

b) ( open) \<\<lock\>\> abrir* con una ganzúa (or una horquilla etc)

2.

vi

a)

you can't (afford to) pick and choose — no puedes (permitirte el lujo de) ser exigente or andarte con remilgos

b) ( take bits)

they were picking through the rubbish — estaban escarbando en la basura

to pick AT something — \<\<at scab\>\> tocar* algo

he was picking at his dinner — comía desganado

Phrasal Verbs:

- pick off

- pick on

- pick out

- pick up

[pɪk]
1. N

1) (=choice)

• to have one's pick of sth — escoger or elegir lo que uno quiere de algo

• take your pick! — ¡escoja or elija lo que quiera!

take your pick of or from ten luxury hotels — escoja or elija el que quiera de entre diez hoteles de lujo

2) (=best)

• the pick of sth — lo mejor de algo, la flor y nata de algo

the pick of the bunch or the crop — (fig) lo mejor de grupo

3) (also: pickaxe) (=tool) pico m, piqueta f

4) (US) (=plectrum) púa f ; toothpick

2. VT

1) (=choose) (gen) escoger, elegir; [+ team, candidate] seleccionar

pick a card, any card — escoge or elige una carta, cualquiera

• to pick a fight (with sb) — (lit) buscar pelea or pleito (con algn); (fig) (=argue) discutir (con algn)

• to pick one's way through/across sth — abrirse camino cuidadosamente a través de algo

• to pick a winner — (lit) escoger or elegir un ganador; (fig) escoger bien

I think she picked a winner with her new boyfriend — creo que con su nuevo novio escogió bien
quarrel 1.
2) (=gather) [+ flowers, fruit, tea, cotton] coger, recoger (LAm)

to go strawberry picking — ir a coger fresas

3) (=lift, remove)

• to pick sth off the ground — recoger algo del suelo

let me pick that bit of fluff off your collar — deja que te quite esa pelusa del cuello

• to pick o.s. off the floor or ground — levantarse del suelo

• to pick names out of a hat — sacar nombres de un sombrero

4) (=make) [+ hole] hacer; hole 1., 1)

5) [+ scab, spot] toquetear; [+ lock] forzar or abrir con ganzúa; [+ guitar, banjo] puntear

• to pick sb's brains — exprimir el coco a algn *

• their bones had been picked clean by the birds — los pájaros habían dejado limpios los huesos

• to pick one's nose — hurgarse la nariz

• to pick sb's pocket — robar algo a algn del bolsillo

• to pick one's teeth — mondarse or escarbarse los dientes
bone 1., 1), piece 1., 1)
3. VI

1) (=choose) escoger, elegir

• to pick and choose — ponerse a escoger or elegir, ser muy exigente

you can't pick and choose — no puedes ponerte a escoger or elegir, no puedes ser muy exigente

2) (=examine)

• dogs pick through the garbage on the streets — los perros hurgan en or por la basura de las calles
pick over
- pick at

- pick off

- pick on

- pick out

- pick over

- pick up

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[pɪk]
I

noun

1)

a) pickax

b) ( ice pick) piolet m

c) ( plectrum) púa f, plectro m, uñeta f (CS), uña f (Méx, Ven)

2)

a) ( choice) (no pl)

take your pick — elige or escoge el (or los etc) que quieras

b) ( best)

the pick of something — lo mejor de algo

to be the pick of the bunch — ser* el mejor de todos

c) ( tip) (AmE) pronóstico m, fija f (CS)

II
1.

transitive verb

1)

a) (choose, select) \<\<number/color\>\> elegir*, escoger*; \<\<team/crew\>\> seleccionar

to pick a winner — ( in racing) pronosticar* el ganador; ( choose well) elegir* or escoger* bien

to pick one's way — andar* con mucho cuidado

b) ( provoke)

to pick a fight — buscar* pelea

to pick a fight with somebody — meterse con alguien

are you trying to pick a quarrel with me? — ¿quieres que discutamos?

2) ( gather) \<\<flower\>\> cortar, coger* (esp Esp); \<\<fruit/cotton/tea\>\> recoger*, coger* (esp Esp), pizcar* (Méx)

3)

a) ( remove matter from)

to pick one's nose — meterse el dedo en la nariz, hurgarse* la nariz

to pick one's teeth — escarbarse los dientes

don't pick your spots — no te toques los granitos

the vultures picked the bones clean — los buitres dejaron los huesos limpios

to pick somebody's pocket — robarle la billetera (or las llaves etc) a alguien del bolsillo, bolsear a alguien (Mex fam), carterear a alguien (Chi fam)

b) ( open) \<\<lock\>\> abrir* con una ganzúa (or una horquilla etc)

2.

vi

a)

you can't (afford to) pick and choose — no puedes (permitirte el lujo de) ser exigente or andarte con remilgos

b) ( take bits)

they were picking through the rubbish — estaban escarbando en la basura

to pick AT something — \<\<at scab\>\> tocar* algo

he was picking at his dinner — comía desganado

Phrasal Verbs:

- pick off

- pick on

- pick out

- pick up

English-spanish dictionary > pick

15 turn

1. noun
1)

it is somebody's turn to do something — jemand ist an der Reihe, etwas zu tun

it's your turn [next] — du bist als nächster/nächste dran (ugs.) od. an der Reihe

wait one's turn — warten, bis man an der Reihe ist

your turn will come — du kommst auch [noch] an die Reihe

by turns — abwechselnd

he gave it to her, and she in turn passed it on to me — er gab es ihr, und sie wiederum reichte es an mich weiter

in one's turn — wiederum

out of turn — (before or after one's turn) außer der Reihe; (fig.) an der falschen Stelle [lachen]

excuse me if I'm talking out of turn — (fig.) entschuldige, wenn ich etwas Unpassendes sage

take [it in] turns — sich abwechseln

take turns at doing something, take it in turns to do something — etwas abwechselnd tun

2) (rotary motion) Drehung, die

give the handle a turn — den Griff [herum]drehen

[done] to a turn — genau richtig [zubereitet]

3) (change of direction) Wende, die

take a turn to the right/left, do or make or take a right/left turn — nach rechts/links abbiegen

‘no left/right turn’ — "links/rechts abbiegen verboten!"

the turn of the year/century — die Jahres-/Jahrhundertwende

a turn of fortune — eine Schicksalswende

take a favourable turn — (fig.) sich zum Guten wenden

4) (deflection) Biegung, die

5) (bend) Kurve, die; (corner) Ecke, die

at every turn — (fig.) (con- z stantly) ständig

6) (short performance on stage etc.) Nummer, die

do one's turn — auftreten

7) (change of tide)

turn of the tide — Gezeitenwechsel, der

8) (character)

be of a mechanical/speculative turn — technisch begabt sein/einen Hang zum Spekulativen haben

9) (literary): (formation) Rundung, die

10) (form of expression)

an elegant turn of speech/phrase — eine elegante Ausdrucksweise

11) (service)

do somebody a good/bad turn — jemandem einen guten/schlechten Dienst erweisen

one good turn deserves another — (prov.) hilfst du mir, so helf ich dir

12) (coll.): (fright)

give somebody quite a turn — jemandem einen gehörigen Schrecken einjagen (ugs.)
2. transitive verb
1) (make revolve) drehen

turn the tap — am Wasserhahn drehen

turn the key in the lock — den Schlüssel im Schloss herumdrehen

2) (reverse) umdrehen; wenden [Pfannkuchen, Matratze, Auto, Heu, Teppich]; umgraben [Erde]

turn something upside down or on its head — (lit. or fig.) etwas auf den Kopf stellen

turn something back to front — die Vorderseite einer Sache nach hinten drehen

turn something inside out — etwas nach außen stülpen od. drehen

turn the page — umblättern

3) (give new direction to) drehen, wenden [Kopf]

she could still turn heads — die Leute drehten sich immer noch nach ihr um

turn a hose/gun on somebody/something — einen Schlauch/ein Gewehr auf jemanden/etwas richten

turn one's attention/mind to something — sich/seine Gedanken einer Sache (Dat.) zuwenden

turn one's thoughts to a subject — sich [in Gedanken] mit einem Thema beschäftigen

turn a car into a road — [mit einem Auto] in eine Straße einbiegen

turn the tide [of something] — [bei etwas] den Ausschlag geben

turn somebody from his purpose — jemanden von seinem Vorhaben abbringen

4) (send)

turn somebody loose on somebody/something — jemanden auf jemanden/etwas loslassen

turn somebody from one's door/off one's land — jemanden von seiner Tür/von seinem Land verjagen

turn a dog on somebody — einen Hund auf jemanden hetzen

5) (cause to become) verwandeln

the cigarette smoke has turned the walls yellow — der Zigarettenrauch hat die Wände vergilben lassen

turn the lights low — das Licht dämpfen

turn a play/book into a film — ein Theaterstück/Buch verfilmen

the thought turned him pale — der Gedanke ließ ihn erbleichen (geh.)

6) (make sour) sauer werden lassen [Milch]

7)

turn somebody's stomach — jemandem den Magen umdrehen

8)

turn somebody's head — (make conceited) jemandem zu Kopf steigen

9) (shape in lathe) drechseln [Holz]; drehen [Metall]

10) drehen [Pirouette]; schlagen [Rad, Purzelbaum]

11) (reach the age of)

turn 40 — 40 [Jahre alt] werden

12)

it's just turned 12 o'clock/quarter past 4 — es ist gerade 12 Uhr/viertel nach vier vorbei
3. intransitive verb
1) (revolve) sich drehen; [Wasserhahn, Schlüssel:] sich drehen lassen

the earth turns on its axis — die Erde dreht sich um ihre Achse

he couldn't get the key to turn — er konnte den Schlüssel nicht drehen

2) (reverse direction) [Person:] sich herumdrehen; [Auto:] wenden

the car turned upside down — das Auto überschlug sich

turn back to front — sich von hinten nach vorne drehen

3) (take new direction) sich wenden; (turn round) sich umdrehen

his thoughts/attention turned to her — er wandte ihr seine Gedanken/Aufmerksamkeit zu

left/right turn! — (Mil.) links/rechts um!

turn into a road/away from the river — in eine Straße einbiegen/vom Fluss abbiegen

turn to the left — nach links abbiegen/[Schiff, Flugzeug:] abdrehen

turn up/down a street — in eine Straße einbiegen

turn towards home — den Heimweg einschlagen

when the tide turns — wenn die Ebbe/Flut kommt

not know where or which way to turn — (fig.) keinen Ausweg [mehr] wissen

my luck has turned — (fig.) mein Glück hat sich gewendet

4) (become) werden

turn traitor/statesman/Muslim — zum Verräter/zum Staatsmann/Moslem werden

turn [in]to something — zu etwas werden; (be transformed) sich in etwas (Akk.) verwandeln

her face turned green — sie wurde [ganz] grün im Gesicht

5) (change colour) [Laub:] sich [ver]färben

6) (become sour) [Milch:] sauer werden

7)

my stomach turns — mir dreht sich der Magen um (ugs.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/77106/turn_about">turn about

- turn against

- turn away

- turn back

- turn down

- turn in

- turn off

- turn on

- turn out

- turn over

- turn round

- turn to

- turn up

- turn upon

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[tə:n] 1. verb
1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) (sich) drehen

2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) sich (um-) drehen

3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) eine Biegung machen

4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) lenken

5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) biegen um

6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) (sich) verwandeln

7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) werden (lassen)
2. noun
1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) die Drehung

2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) die Windung

3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) die Abzweigung

4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) die Reihe

5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) die Programmnummer

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- turning-point
- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
- turn up
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turn

[tɜ:n, AM tɜ:rn]

I. NOUN

1. (rotation) of a wheel Drehung f

give the screw a couple of \turns drehen Sie die Schraube einige Male um

to give the handle a \turn den Griff [herum]drehen

2. (change in direction: in road) Kurve f, SCHWEIZ a. Rank m fam; SPORT Wende f

“no left/right \turn” „Links/Rechts abbiegen verboten“

the path had many twists and \turns der Pfad wand und schlängelte sich dahin; ( fig)

the novel has many twists and \turns of plot die Handlung des Romans ist total verwickelt fam; ( fig)

things took an ugly turn die Sache nahm eine üble Wendung; ( fig)

I find the \turn of events most unsatisfactory ich mag nicht, wie sich die Dinge gerade entwickeln

to make a \turn abbiegen

to make a wrong \turn falsch abbiegen

to make a \turn to port/starboard NAUT nach Backbord/Steuerbord abdrehen

to take a \turn [to the left/right] [nach links/rechts] abbiegen

to take a \turn for the better/worse ( fig) sich zum Besseren/Schlechteren wenden [o SCHWEIZ meist kehren]

she's taken a \turn for the worse since... mit ihr ist es ziemlich bergab gegangen, seit... fam

to take a new \turn eine [ganz] neue Wendung nehmen

3. (changing point)

the \turn of the century die Jahrhundertwende

at the \turn of the century zur Jahrhundertwende

at the \turn of the 19th century Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts

the \turn of the tide der Gezeitenwechsel

the tide was on the \turn die Flut/Ebbe setzte gerade ein; ( fig)

the \turn of the tide occurred when... das Blatt wandte [o SCHWEIZ meist kehrte] sich, als...

4. (allotted time)

it's my \turn now! jetzt bin ich an der Reihe [o fam dran]!

it's Jill's \turn next Jill kommt als Nächste dran

it's your \turn to take out the rubbish du bist dran, den Abfall runter zu bringen

your \turn will come! du kommst schon auch noch dran! fam; (in desperate situations) du wirst auch noch zum Zuge kommen! fam

whose \turn is it? wer ist dran?

I want everyone to take their \turn nicely without any fighting ich will, dass ihr euch schön abwechselt, ohne Streitereien

you can have a \turn at the computer now Sie können jetzt den Computer benutzen

to do sth in \turn [or by \turns] etw abwechselnd tun

to miss a \turn eine Runde aussetzen

to take \turns [or esp BRIT it in \turns] doing sth etw abwechselnd tun

to take a \turn at the wheel für eine Weile das Steuer übernehmen

to wait one's \turn warten, bis man an der Reihe ist

▪ in \turn wiederum

she told Peter and he in \turn told me sie hat es Peter erzählt und er wiederum hat es dann mir erzählt

he's all sweet and cold in \turns [or by turn[s]] er ist abwechselnd total nett und dann wieder total kalt fam

5. ([dis]service)

to do sb a good/bad \turn jdm einen guten/schlechten Dienst erweisen

to do a good \turn eine gute Tat tun

6. (odd sensation, shock) Schreck[en] m

to give sb a \turn jdm einen gehörigen Schrecken einjagen

7. (feeling of queasiness) Anfall m; ( fam)

she was having one of her \turns sie hatte wieder einmal einen ihrer Anfälle

8. (performance on stage) Nummer f

to do comic \turns Sketche aufführen

to perform a \turn eine Nummer aufführen

9. (not appropriate)

▪ out of \turn:

what you've just said was completely out of \turn was du da gerade gesagt hast, war wirklich völlig unpassend

sorry, have I been talking out of \turn? tut mir leid, habe ich was Falsches gesagt?

he really was speaking out of \turn es war völlig unangebracht, dass er sich dazu äußerte

10. (character)

▪ to be of a... \turn of mind einen Hang zu etw dat haben

to be of a humorous \turn eine Frohnatur sein

to have a logical \turn of mind ein logischer Mensch sein

11. (stroll) Runde f

to take a \turn [in the park] eine [kleine] Runde [durch den Park] drehen

12. (round in coil, rope) Umwickelung f

13. (expression well put together)

a nice [or elegant] [or good] \turn of phrase elegante Ausdrucksweise; (wording) elegante Formulierung

to have a nice \turn of phrase sich akk sehr gut ausdrücken können

14. (purpose)

to serve sb's \turn jdm dienen

that'll serve my \turn das ist gerade genau das Richtige für mich

15. MUS Doppelschlag m

16. STOCKEX Gewinnspanne f, Gewinn m, Courtage f

jobber's \turn Courtage f

17. (cooked perfectly)

to be done [or cooked] to a \turn food gut durch[gebraten] sein

18. no pl (card in poker game)

▪ the \turn AM bei Texas Hold 'Em (Pokerspiel): die vierte Karte, die alle Spieler zugeteilt bekommen

19.

▶ at every \turn (continually) ständig; (again and again) jedes Mal

▶ to fight at every \turn mit aller Macht kämpfen

▶ one good \turn deserves another ( saying) eine Hand wäscht die andere

▶ to be on the \turn sich akk wandeln; milk einen Stich haben, sauer sein SCHWEIZ; leaves gelb werden

▶ a \turn of the screw eine weitere Verschärfung [einer Maßnahme]

the raising of their rent was another \turn of the screw in the landlord's attempt to get them evicted die Mieterhöhung war ein weiterer Versuch, ihnen Daumenschrauben anzulegen und sie allmählich aus der Wohnung zu drängen

II. TRANSITIVE VERB

1. (rotate, cause to rotate)

▪ to \turn sth knob, screw etw drehen

he \turned the key quietly in the lock er drehte den Schlüssel vorsichtig im Schloss um

she \turned the wheel sharply sie riss das Steuer herum

2. (switch direction)

▪ to \turn sth:

he \turned his head in surprise überrascht wendete er den Kopf

my mother can still \turn heads nach meiner Mutter drehen sich die Männer noch immer um

he \turned the car er wendete [o SCHWEIZ meist kehrte] den Wagen

the little girl just \turned her back to her das kleine Mädchen wandte ihr einfach den Rücken zu

she \turned the chair to the window so that she could look outside sie drehte den Stuhl zum Fenster, sodass sie hinausschauen konnte

to \turn one's car into a road [in eine Straße] abbiegen

to \turn round the corner um die Ecke biegen

to \turn the course of history den Gang der Geschichte [ver]ändern

to \turn one's eyes towards sb jdn anblicken

to \turn somersaults einen Purzelbaum schlagen; SPORT einen Salto machen; ( fig)

he \turned somersaults in his joy er machte vor Freude Luftsprünge

3. (aim)

▪ to \turn sth on sb lamp, hose etw auf jdn richten

she \turned her full anger onto him ihr ganzer Zorn richtete sich gegen ihn

the stranger \turned a hostile stare on him der Fremde warf ihm einen feindseligen Blick zu

to \turn one's attention [or mind] to sth seine Aufmerksamkeit etw dat zuwenden

to \turn a gun on sb ein Gewehr auf jdn richten

to \turn one's steps homewards sich akk nach Hause begeben

to \turn one's thoughts to sth sich akk etw dat zuwenden

4. (sprain)

▪ to \turn sth sich dat etw verrenken

to \turn one's ankle sich dat den Knöchel verrenken

5. + adj (cause to become)

▪ to \turn sb/sth sth:

the shock \turned her hair grey overnight durch den Schock wurde sie über Nacht grau

the cigarette smoke had \turned the walls grey durch den Zigarettenrauch waren die Wände ganz grau geworden

the hot weather has \turned the milk sour durch die Hitze ist die Milch sauer geworden

the news \turned her pale als sie die Nachricht hörte, wurde sie ganz bleich

his comment \turned her angry sein Kommentar verärgerte sie

6. (cause to feel nauseous)

to \turn sb's stomach jdn den Magen umdrehen

the smell \turned her stomach bei dem Gestank drehte sich ihr der Magen um

7. (change)

▪ to \turn sth/sb into sth etw/jdn in etw akk umwandeln

the wizard \turned the ungrateful prince into a frog der Zauberer verwandelte den undankbaren Prinzen in einen Frosch

to \turn a book into a film ein Buch verfilmen

to \turn sth into German/English etw ins Deutsche/Englische übertragen

to \turn the light[s] low das Licht dämpfen

8. (reverse)

▪ to \turn sth garment, mattress etw wenden [o umdrehen] [o SCHWEIZ meist kehren]

to \turn the page umblättern

to \turn sth inside out bag etw umdrehen, von etw dat das Innere nach Außen kehren

9. (gain)

to \turn a profit einen Gewinn machen

10. (send)

to \turn a dog on sb einen Hund auf jdn hetzen

to \turn sb loose on sth jdn auf etw akk loslassen

to be \turned loose losgelassen werden akk

11. (stop sb)

▪ to \turn sb from sth jdn von etw dat abbringen

12. TECH (create by rotating)

▪ to \turn sth wood etw drechseln; metal etw drehen

13.

▶ to be able to \turn one's hand to anything ein Händchen für alles haben

▶ to \turn one's back on sb/sth sich akk von jdm/etw abwenden fig

it is time for you to \turn your back on childish pursuits es wird langsam Zeit, dass du deine kindischen Spiele hinter dir lässt

▶ to \turn a blind eye sich akk blind stellen

▶ to \turn a blind eye to sth die Augen vor etw dat verschließen

▶ to \turn the other cheek die andere Wange hinhalten fig

▶ to \turn the corner [allmählich] über dem Berg sein

▶ to \turn a deaf ear [to sth] sich akk [gegenüber etw dat] taub stellen

▶ to not \turn a hair keine Miene verziehen

without \turning a hair... ohne auch nur mit der Wimper zu zucken

▶ to \turn one's hand to sth sich akk in etw dat versuchen

▶ to \turn sb's head jdm den Kopf verdrehen

▶ sth has \turned sb's head etw ist jdm zu Kopf[e] gestiegen

▶ to \turn sth on its head etw [vollkommen] auf den Kopf stellen

▶ to know how to \turn a compliment wissen, wie man Komplimente macht

▶ to \turn a phrase sprachgewandt sein

▶ to \turn the spotlight on sb/sth die [allgemeine] Aufmerksamkeit auf jdn/etw lenken

▶ to \turn the tables [on sb] den Spieß umdrehen [o SCHWEIZ meist umkehren]

▶ to \turn tail and run auf der Stelle kehrtmachen und die Flucht ergreifen

▶ to \turn a trick prostitute sich akk prostituieren

▶ to \turn sth upside down [or inside out] etw gründlich durchsuchen; room etw auf den Kopf stellen fam

III. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1. (rotate) sich drehen; person sich akk umdrehen

this tap won't \turn dieser Hahn lässt sich nicht drehen

▪ to \turn on sth sich akk um etw akk drehen

the ballerina \turned on her toes die Ballerina drehte auf den Zehenspitzen Pirouetten

the chickens were being \turned on a spit die Hähnchen wurden auf einem Spieß gedreht

the earth \turns on its axis die Erde dreht sich um ihre Achse

▪ to \turn to sb sich akk zu jdm [um]drehen

to \turn upside down boat umkippen; car sich überschlagen

2. (switch the direction faced) person sich akk umdrehen; car wenden, SCHWEIZ meist kehren; (in bend) abbiegen; wind drehen; ( fig) SCHWEIZ meist kehren; ( fig) sich akk wenden

she \turned onto the highway sie bog auf die Autobahn ab

she \turned into a little street sie bog in ein Sträßchen ein

heads still \turn when she walks along die Männer schauen ihr noch immer nach

when the tide \turns (high tide) wenn die Flut kommt; (low tide) wenn es Ebbe wird; ( fig) wenn sich das Blatt wendet [o SCHWEIZ meist kehrt]

the path down the mountain twisted and \turned der Pfad schlängelte sich den Berghang hinab

to \turn on one's heel auf dem Absatz kehrtmachen

to \turn right/left [nach] rechts/links abbiegen; ship nach rechts/links abdrehen; MIL

\turn right! rechts um!

▪ to \turn towards sb/sth sich akk zu jdm/etw umdrehen; (turn attention to) sich akk jdm/etw zuwenden

plants \turn toward the light Pflanzen wenden sich dem Licht zu

3. ( fig: for aid or advice)

▪ to \turn to sb [for sth] sich akk [wegen einer S. gen] an jdn wenden

he has no one to \turn to er hat niemanden, an den er sich wenden kann

he \turned to me for help er wandte sich an mich und bat um Hilfe

I don't know which way to \turn ich weiß keinen Ausweg mehr

to \turn to drink sich akk in den Alkohol flüchten

to \turn to God sich akk Gott zuwenden

to \turn to sb for money jdn um Geld bitten

4. (change) werden; milk sauer werden; leaves gelb werden, sich verfärben

his mood \turned quite nasty er wurde richtig schlecht gelaunt

his face \turned green er wurde ganz grün im Gesicht fam

my hair is \turning grey! ich kriege graue Haare!

the friendship between the two neighbours \turned sour das freundschaftliche Verhältnis zwischen den beiden Nachbarn kühlte sich erheblich ab

my luck has \turned das Blatt hat sich gewandt

to \turn informer/traitor zum Informanten/zur Informantin/zum Verräter/zur Verräterin werden

to \turn Muslim Muslim werden

to \turn cold/warm/pale kalt/warm/blass werden

to \turn red person, traffic lights rot werden

▪ to \turn into sth zu etw dat werden

the frog \turned into a handsome prince der Frosch verwandelte sich in einen schönen Prinzen

he \turned from a sweet boy into a sullen brat aus dem süßen kleinen Jungen wurde ein mürrischer Flegel

all this \turned into a nightmare das alles ist zum Albtraum geworden

when there's a full moon, he \turns into a werewolf bei Vollmond verwandelt er sich in einen Werwolf

5. (turn attention to)

▪ to \turn to sth conversation, subject sich akk etw dat zuwenden

my thoughts \turned to him and his family meine Gedanken gingen an ihn und seine Familie

6. (attain particular age)

to \turn 20/40 20/40 werden

7. (pass particular hour)

it had already \turned eleven es war schon kurz nach elf

it has just \turned past five o'clock es ist gerade fünf vorbei

just as it \turned midnight... genau um Mitternacht...

8. (make feel sick)

my stomach \turned at the grisly sight bei dem grässlichen Anblick drehte sich mir der Magen um

this smell makes my stomach \turn bei diesem Geruch dreht sich mir der Magen um

9.

▶ to \turn on a dime AM auf der Stelle kehrt machen

▶ to \turn [over] in one's grave sich akk im Grabe umdrehen

▶ to \turn tattle-tail AM ( usu childspeak fam) petzen fam, SCHWEIZ a. rätschen fam, ÖSTERR a. tratschen fam

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turn¹ [tɜːn; US tɜrn]

A s

1. Drehung f:

give sth a turn (two turns) etwas (zweimal) drehen;

be done to a turn GASTR gerade richtig durchgebraten sein; → wheel A 7

2. Turnus m, Reihe(nfolge) f:

turn (and turn) about reihum, abwechselnd, wechselweise;

she was laughing and crying by turns sie lachte und weinte abwechselnd;

in turn

a) der Reihe nach,

b) dann wieder;

in his turn seinerseits;

speak out of turn fig unpassende Bemerkungen machen;

I hope I haven’t spoken out of turn ich habe doch nichts Falsches gesagt?;

now it is my turn jetzt bin ich dran oder an der Reihe;

then it was my turn to be astonished dann war ich erstaunt;

whose turn is it to do the dishes? wer ist mit dem Abspülen dran?;

my turn will come fig meine Zeit kommt auch noch, ich komme schon noch dran;

take turns sich abwechseln (at bei);

we took turns at driving auch wir fuhren abwechselnd;

take one’s turn handeln, wenn die Reihe an einen kommt;

wait your turn warte, bis du an der Reihe oder dran bist!

3. Drehen n, Wendung f:

turn to the left Linkswendung

4. Wendepunkt m (auch fig)

5. a) Biegung f, Kurve f, Kehre f

b) → turning 4 b:

at every turn ständig, überall

6. SPORT

a) Turnen: Drehung f

b) Schwimmen: Wende f:

at the turn an oder bei der Wende,

c) Skisport: Wende f, Kehre f, Schwung m

d) Eis-, Rollkunstlauf: Kehre f, Kurve f

7. Krümmung f ( auch MATH)

8. Wendung f:

a) Umkehr f:

be on the turn SCHIFF umschlagen (Gezeiten) ( → A 29); → tide¹ A 1

b) Richtung f, (Ver)Lauf m:

take a turn for the better (worse) sich bessern (sich verschlimmern);

take an interesting turn eine interessante Wendung nehmen (Gespräch etc),

c) (Glücks-, Zeiten- etc)Wende f, Wechsel m, Umschwung m:

a turn in one’s luck eine Glücks- oder Schicksalswende;

turn of the century Jahrhundertwende;

turn of life Lebenswende, MED Wechseljahre pl (der Frau)

9. Ausschlag(en) m(n) (einer Waage)

10. (Arbeits)Schicht f

11. Tour f, (einzelne) Windung (einer Bandage, eines Kabels etc)

12. (kurzer) Spaziergang, Runde f:

take a turn einen Spaziergang machen

13. kurze Fahrt, Spritztour f

14. SCHIFF Törn m

15. (Rede)Wendung f, Formulierung f

16. Form f, Gestalt f, Beschaffenheit f

17. Art f, Charakter m:

turn (of mind) Denkart f, -weise f

18. (for, to) Neigung f, Hang m, Talent n (zu), Sinn m (für):

practical turn praktische Veranlagung;

have a turn for languages sprachbegabt sein;

be of a humorous turn Sinn für Humor haben

19. a) (ungewöhnliche oder unerwartete) Tat

b) Dienst m, Gefallen m:

do sb a good ( a bad oder an ill) turn jemandem einen guten (schlechten) Dienst erweisen;

do sb a good turn auch jemandem einen Gefallen tun oder einen Freundschaftsdienst erweisen;

one good turn deserves another (Sprichwort) eine Liebe ist der anderen wert

20. (kurze) Beschäftigung:

turn (of work) (Stück n) Arbeit f;

take a turn at sth es kurz mit etwas versuchen

21. MED

a) Taumel m, Schwindel m

b) Anfall m

22. umg Schock m, Schrecken m:

give sb (quite) a turn jemanden (ganz schön) erschrecken

23. Zweck m:

this will serve your turn das wird dir nützlich sein;

this won’t serve my turn damit ist mir nicht gedient

24. WIRTSCH vollständig durchgeführte Börsenaktion

25. MUS Doppelschlag m

26. THEAT besonders Br (Programm)Nummer f

27. MIL (Kehrt)Wendung f, Schwenkung f:

left (right) turn! Br links-(rechts)um!;

about turn! Br ganze Abteilung kehrt!

28. TYPO Fliegenkopf m (umgedrehter Buchstabe)

29. be on the turn am Sauerwerden sein (Milch) ( → A 8)

B v/t

1. (im Kreis oder um eine Achse) drehen

2. einen Schlüssel, eine Schraube etc, auch einen Patienten (um-, herum)drehen

3. auch ein Kleidungsstück wenden, etwas umkehren, -stülpen, -drehen, einen Agenten umdrehen:

it turned my stomach mir drehte sich dabei der Magen um; → head Bes Redew

4. ein Blatt, eine Buchseite umdrehen, -wenden, -blättern:

turn the page umblättern

5. BAHN eine Weiche, TECH einen Hebel umlegen

6. AGR den Boden umgraben, -pflügen

7. zuwenden, -drehen, -kehren ( alle:

to dat)

8. den Blick, die Kamera, seine Schritte etc wenden, auch seine Gedanken, sein Verlangen richten, lenken ( alle:

against gegen;

on auf akk;

toward[s] auf akk, nach):

turn the hose on the fire den Schlauch auf das Feuer richten;

turn one’s steps home die Schritte heimwärts lenken; → attention 1

9. a) um-, ab-, weglenken, -leiten, -wenden:

turn a shot round the post SPORT einen Schuss um den Pfosten drehen,

b) ein Geschoss etc abwenden, abhalten

10. jemanden umstimmen, abbringen ( from von)

11. die Richtung ändern, eine neue Richtung geben (dat)

12. das Gesprächsthema wechseln

13. a) eine Waage etc zum Ausschlagen bringen

b) fig ausschlaggebend sein bei:

turn an election bei einer Wahl den Ausschlag geben; → scale² A 1

14. verwandeln ( into in akk):

turn water into wine;

turn love into hate;

turn a firm into a joint-stock company eine Firma in eine Aktiengesellschaft umwandeln;

turn into cash flüssigmachen, zu Geld machen;

turn one’s superiority into goals SPORT seine Überlegenheit in Tore ummünzen

15. machen, werden lassen ( beide:

into zu):

turn sb sick

a) bes US jemanden krank machen,

b) jemandem Übelkeit verursachen;

it turned her pale es ließ sie erblassen

16. auch turn sour Milch sauer werden lassen

17. die Blätter, das Laub verfärben

18. einen Text übertragen, -setzen ( beide:

into Italian ins Italienische)

19. herumgehen oder biegen um: → corner A 1

20. MIL

a) umgehen, umfassen

b) die feindliche Flanke etc aufrollen

21. hinausgehen oder hinaus sein über (akk):

he is just turning ( oder has just turned) 50 er ist gerade 50 geworden

22. TECH

a) drehen

b) Holzwaren drechseln

c) Glas marbeln, rollen

23. auch fig formen, gestalten, (kunstvoll) bilden, Komplimente, Verse etc drechseln:

a well-turned ankle ein wohlgeformtes Fußgelenk;

turn a phrase einen Satz bilden oder formen oder feilen

24. WIRTSCH verdienen, umsetzen

25. eine Messerschneide etc

a) um-, verbiegen

b) stumpf machen:

turn the edge ( oder point) of fig einer Bemerkung etc die Spitze nehmen

26. einen Salto machen, einen Purzelbaum schlagen

27. turn loose

a) freilassen,

b) einen Hund etc loslassen (on auf akk)

C v/i

1. sich drehen (lassen), sich (im Kreis) (herum)drehen (Rad etc)

2. sich drehen oder hin- und herbewegen (lassen) (Wasserhahn etc)

3. umdrehen, -wenden, besonders (in einem Buch) (um)blättern

4. sich (ab-, hin-, zu-)wenden: → turn to A

5. sich (stehend, liegend etc) (um-, herum)drehen: → grave¹ 1

6. a) SCHIFF, AUTO wenden, SCHIFF (ab)drehen

b) FLUG, AUTO kurven, eine Kurve machen

7. AUTO etc einbiegen ( into in akk), (ab)biegen:

turn right nach rechts abbiegen;

I don’t know which way to turn fig ich weiß nicht, was ich machen soll

8. eine Biegung machen (Straße, Wasserlauf etc)

9. sich krümmen oder winden: → worm A 1

10. zurückschlagen oder -prallen oder fig -fallen ( alle:

on auf akk)

11. sich umdrehen:

a) sich um 180° drehen

b) zurückschauen

12. sich umdrehen oder umwenden (lassen), sich umstülpen:

my umbrella turned inside out mein Regenschirm stülpte sich um;

my stomach turned at this sight, this sight made my stomach turn bei diesem Anblick drehte sich mir der Magen um

13. my head is turning mir dreht sich alles im Kopf;

his head turned with the success der Erfolg stieg ihm zu Kopf

14. sich (ver)wandeln (into, to in akk), umschlagen (besonders Wetter):

her love has turned into hate

15. blass, kalt etc werden:

turn blue blau anlaufen;

turn (sour) sauer werden (Milch);

turn traitor zum Verräter werden

16. sich verfärben (Blätter, Laub)

17. sich wenden (Gezeiten): → tide¹ A 1

18. TECH sich drehen oder drechseln oder (ver)formen lassen

turn² [tɜrn] v/i SPORT US turnen

* * *
1. noun
1)

it is somebody's turn to do something — jemand ist an der Reihe, etwas zu tun

it's your turn [next] — du bist als nächster/nächste dran (ugs.) od. an der Reihe

wait one's turn — warten, bis man an der Reihe ist

your turn will come — du kommst auch [noch] an die Reihe

by turns — abwechselnd

he gave it to her, and she in turn passed it on to me — er gab es ihr, und sie wiederum reichte es an mich weiter

in one's turn — wiederum

out of turn — (before or after one's turn) außer der Reihe; (fig.) an der falschen Stelle [lachen]

excuse me if I'm talking out of turn — (fig.) entschuldige, wenn ich etwas Unpassendes sage

take [it in] turns — sich abwechseln

take turns at doing something, take it in turns to do something — etwas abwechselnd tun

2) (rotary motion) Drehung, die

give the handle a turn — den Griff [herum]drehen

[done] to a turn — genau richtig [zubereitet]

3) (change of direction) Wende, die

take a turn to the right/left, do or make or take a right/left turn — nach rechts/links abbiegen

‘no left/right turn’ — "links/rechts abbiegen verboten!"

the turn of the year/century — die Jahres-/Jahrhundertwende

a turn of fortune — eine Schicksalswende

take a favourable turn — (fig.) sich zum Guten wenden

4) (deflection) Biegung, die

5) (bend) Kurve, die; (corner) Ecke, die

at every turn — (fig.) (con- z stantly) ständig

6) (short performance on stage etc.) Nummer, die

do one's turn — auftreten

7) (change of tide)

turn of the tide — Gezeitenwechsel, der

8) (character)

be of a mechanical/speculative turn — technisch begabt sein/einen Hang zum Spekulativen haben

9) (literary): (formation) Rundung, die

10) (form of expression)

an elegant turn of speech/phrase — eine elegante Ausdrucksweise

11) (service)

do somebody a good/bad turn — jemandem einen guten/schlechten Dienst erweisen

one good turn deserves another — (prov.) hilfst du mir, so helf ich dir

12) (coll.): (fright)

give somebody quite a turn — jemandem einen gehörigen Schrecken einjagen (ugs.)
2. transitive verb
1) (make revolve) drehen

turn the tap — am Wasserhahn drehen

turn the key in the lock — den Schlüssel im Schloss herumdrehen

2) (reverse) umdrehen; wenden [Pfannkuchen, Matratze, Auto, Heu, Teppich]; umgraben [Erde]

turn something upside down or on its head — (lit. or fig.) etwas auf den Kopf stellen

turn something back to front — die Vorderseite einer Sache nach hinten drehen

turn something inside out — etwas nach außen stülpen od. drehen

turn the page — umblättern

3) (give new direction to) drehen, wenden [Kopf]

she could still turn heads — die Leute drehten sich immer noch nach ihr um

turn a hose/gun on somebody/something — einen Schlauch/ein Gewehr auf jemanden/etwas richten

turn one's attention/mind to something — sich/seine Gedanken einer Sache (Dat.) zuwenden

turn one's thoughts to a subject — sich [in Gedanken] mit einem Thema beschäftigen

turn a car into a road — [mit einem Auto] in eine Straße einbiegen

turn the tide [of something] — [bei etwas] den Ausschlag geben

turn somebody from his purpose — jemanden von seinem Vorhaben abbringen

4) (send)

turn somebody loose on somebody/something — jemanden auf jemanden/etwas loslassen

turn somebody from one's door/off one's land — jemanden von seiner Tür/von seinem Land verjagen

turn a dog on somebody — einen Hund auf jemanden hetzen

5) (cause to become) verwandeln

the cigarette smoke has turned the walls yellow — der Zigarettenrauch hat die Wände vergilben lassen

turn the lights low — das Licht dämpfen

turn a play/book into a film — ein Theaterstück/Buch verfilmen

the thought turned him pale — der Gedanke ließ ihn erbleichen (geh.)

6) (make sour) sauer werden lassen [Milch]

7)

turn somebody's stomach — jemandem den Magen umdrehen

8)

turn somebody's head — (make conceited) jemandem zu Kopf steigen

9) (shape in lathe) drechseln [Holz]; drehen [Metall]

10) drehen [Pirouette]; schlagen [Rad, Purzelbaum]

11) (reach the age of)

turn 40 — 40 [Jahre alt] werden

12)

it's just turned 12 o'clock/quarter past 4 — es ist gerade 12 Uhr/viertel nach vier vorbei
3. intransitive verb
1) (revolve) sich drehen; [Wasserhahn, Schlüssel:] sich drehen lassen

the earth turns on its axis — die Erde dreht sich um ihre Achse

he couldn't get the key to turn — er konnte den Schlüssel nicht drehen

2) (reverse direction) [Person:] sich herumdrehen; [Auto:] wenden

the car turned upside down — das Auto überschlug sich

turn back to front — sich von hinten nach vorne drehen

3) (take new direction) sich wenden; (turn round) sich umdrehen

his thoughts/attention turned to her — er wandte ihr seine Gedanken/Aufmerksamkeit zu

left/right turn! — (Mil.) links/rechts um!

turn into a road/away from the river — in eine Straße einbiegen/vom Fluss abbiegen

turn to the left — nach links abbiegen/[Schiff, Flugzeug:] abdrehen

turn up/down a street — in eine Straße einbiegen

turn towards home — den Heimweg einschlagen

when the tide turns — wenn die Ebbe/Flut kommt

not know where or which way to turn — (fig.) keinen Ausweg [mehr] wissen

my luck has turned — (fig.) mein Glück hat sich gewendet

4) (become) werden

turn traitor/statesman/Muslim — zum Verräter/zum Staatsmann/Moslem werden

turn [in]to something — zu etwas werden; (be transformed) sich in etwas (Akk.) verwandeln

her face turned green — sie wurde [ganz] grün im Gesicht

5) (change colour) [Laub:] sich [ver]färben

6) (become sour) [Milch:] sauer werden

7)

my stomach turns — mir dreht sich der Magen um (ugs.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- turn about

- turn against

- turn away

- turn back

- turn down

- turn in

- turn off

- turn on

- turn out

- turn over

- turn round

- turn to

- turn up

- turn upon

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(over) v.

wenden v.

(§ p.,pp.: wandte (wendete), gewandt (gewendet)) (round) to face (look at)

someone expr.

= jemandem das Gesicht zuwenden ausdr. v.

drehen v.

rotieren v.

umwenden v. n.

Drehbewegung f.

Drehung -en f.

Umdrehung f.

Wendung -en f.

English-german dictionary > turn

16 któ|ry

pron. 1. (przymiotny) which
- który plecak jest twój? which rucksack is yours?

- którą sukienkę wolisz? which dress do you like better a. do you prefer?

- z którymi kolegami utrzymujesz kontakty? which of your friends are you in touch with?

- „wzięłam twoją bransoletkę?” – „którą?” ‘I’ve taken your bracelet’ – ‘which one?’

- nie pamiętam, którzy uczniowie dostali nagrody I don’t remember which pupils got prizes

- zgadnij, na którym piętrze mieszkam guess which floor I’m on

- nie wiem, który kolor wybrać I don’t know which a. what colour to choose

- która z was mi pomoże? which of you will help me?

- która godzina? what time is it?, what’s the time?

- o której masz samolot? what time is your plane?

- który dzisiaj ? a. którego dziś mamy? what’s the date today?

- „podaj mi talerz” – „który?” – „obojętnie który” ‘pass me a plate, will you?’ – ‘which one?’ – ‘any one (will do)’

- który to raz obiecujesz poprawę? how many times have you promised to mend your ways?

- który ojciec tak córkę miłował! was there ever a father more devoted to his daughter? książk.
2. (względny) (osobowy) who; (w przypadkach zależnych) whom; (nieosobowy) which; (w użyciu dzierżawczym) whose
- ci, którzy oddali życie za ojczyznę those who gave their lives for their country

- chłopcy, których spotkałem the boys (that) I met

- samochód, który wynająłem the car (which a. that) I hired

- drabina, na której stałem the ladder (that a. which) I was standing on, the ladder on which I was standing

- autor, którego książka jest na liście bestsellerów an author whose book is on the bestseller list

- wiersz, z którego pochodzą te słowa the poem (that) these words come from

- wszyscy, którzy byli świadkami wypadku, proszeni są o zgłoszenie się na policję anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to contact the police

- dla/do/od którego (osobowy) for/to/from whom; (nieosobowy) for/to/from which

- na którym (osobowy) on whom; (nieosobowy) on which

- o którym (osobowy) about whom; (nieosobowy) about which

- moja sąsiadka, o której ci już opowiadałam... my neighbour, who(m) I’ve already told you about...

- dom/kraj, w którym mieszkam the house/country I live in

- dzień, w którym popełniono zbrodnię the day (when) the crime was committed

- który to which

- urodził się 1 września 1939, w którym to dniu wybuchła wojna he was born on 1 September 1939, the day war broke out

- przeniósł się z powrotem do Krakowa, w którym to mieście urodził się he moved back to Cracow, the city where he was born
3. (nieokreślony) any
- niech no mi się który spóźni, to pożałuje! if any of you are late, you’ll be sorry!

- czy który z was odprowadzi mnie na dworzec? will one of you see me off to the station?

- którą drogę wybierzesz, dojedziesz do wybrzeża whichever road you choose, it’ll take you to the coast

- mało a. rzadko który hardly any

- mało a. rzadko który mężczyzna/samochód hardly any man/car

- obojętnie który whichever (one), no matter which (one)

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > któ|ry

17 turn

tə:n
1. verb
1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) girar

2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) dar media vuelta, girarse

3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) girar

4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) dirigir; desviar

5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) doblar

6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) volverse, convertirse, transformarse

7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) volverse

2. noun
1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) giro

2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) vuelta

3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) curva, recodo

4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) turno

5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) número

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- turning-point
- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
- turn up

turn¹ n

1. turno

it's your turn to bat te toca a ti batear

2. calle

take the next turn on the left coge la próxima calle a la izquierda

to take it in turns turnarse

we took it in turns to wash up nos turnábamos para fregar los platos

turn² vb

1. girar / dar vueltas

turn the knob to open the door gira el pomo para abrir la puerta

2. girar / torcer

turn right at the traffic lights en el semáforo, gira a la derecha

3. dar la vuelta

turn it the other way up dale la vuelta

4. pasar / volver

he turned the page pasó la página

5. volverse / darse la vuelta

she turned and looked at me se volvió y me miró

6. volverse / ponerse

she turned red se puso roja

the leaves turn yellow in autumn las hojas se vuelven amarillas en otoño

to turn a corner doblar la esquina

turn

tr[tɜːn]

noun

1 (act of turning) vuelta

2 (change of direction) giro, vuelta; (bend) curva, recodo

■ take the second turn on the left tome la segunda a la izquierda

3 (chance, go) turno

■ whose turn is it? ¿a quién le toca?

■ we took turns at driving nos turnamos para conducir

■ you have to wait your turn tienes que esperar tu turno

4 (change) cambio, giro

■ things have taken a turn for the worse las cosas han empeorado

■ events have taken a strange turn los acontecimientos han dado un giro extraño

5 (short walk) vuelta, paseo

6 (attack of illness) ataque nombre masculino; (shock) susto

7 (act of kindness, favour) favor nombre masculino

8 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL (act) número

transitive verb

1 (rotate) girar, hacer girar, dar la vuelta a

■ turn the key gira la llave

2 (page) pasar, volver; (soil) revolver; (ankle) torcer

3 (cause to change direction) girar, dar la vuelta a

■ turn right at the next traffic lights gira a la derecha en el próximo semáforo

■ he turned the corner dobló en la esquina

■ about turn! ¡media vuelta!

4 (invert) darle la vuelta a

5 (change) convertir, transformar, volver; (milk) agriar; (stomach) revolver

■ they turned the cinema into a bingo hall convirtieron el cine en un bingo

■ Jesus turned the water into wine Jesús transformó el agua en vino

■ they turned the book into a film adaptaron el libro al cine

■ it turned her into a different person la convirtió en una persona diferente, la convirtió en otra persona

6 (pass) pasar

■ it's turned twelve pasan de las doce, son más de las doce, son las doce pasadas

■ he's turned sixty ya ha cumplido los sesenta

7 (fold) doblar

8 (shape) tornear, labrar en un torno

intransitive verb

1 (revolve) girar, dar vueltas

■ the wheels turned slowly las ruedas giraron despacio

2 (change direction - person) girarse, dar la vuelta, volverse; (- car) girar, torcer; (- plane, ship) virar; (- tide) repuntar

■ she turned and looked at me se giró y me miró

■ I tossed and turned all night long me estuve revolviendo toda la noche

■ the car turned left el coche giró a la izquierda

■ the road turns to the right here aquí la carretera tuerce a la derecha

3 (become) hacerse, ponerse, volverse; (milk) agriarse, cortarse

■ my hair's turning grey me están saliendo canas

■ the traffic light turned green el semáforo se puso en verde

■ she turns red easily se pone colorada fácilmente

■ he can turn quite nasty a veces se pone feo

■ it has turned from a small fishing village into a tourist resort de pueblecito de pescadores se ha convertido en centro turístico

■ caterpillars turn into butterflies las orugas se convierten en mariposas

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

at every turn a cada paso, a cada momento

by turns / in turns por turnos, sucesivamente

in turn a su vez, por su parte

on the turn a punto de cambiar

one good turn deserves another favor con favor se paga

out of turn fuera de lugar

to be badly turned out ir mal vestido,-a

to be done to a turn / be cooked to a turn estar en su punto

to be well turned out ir bien vestido,-a

to do somebody a good turn hacerle un favor a alguien

to do somebody a bad turn hacer un mala pasada a alguien

to take it in turns turnarse

to turn free dejar en libertad, soltar

to turn one's hand to something dedicarse a algo

to turn somebody's head afectar mucho a alguien

■ success has turned his head el éxito se le ha subido a la cabeza

to turn something inside out (back to front) dar la vuelta a 2 (make a mess) revolver

■ she turned the jeans inside out les dio la vuelta a los tejanos

■ they turned the house inside out, but they couldn't find it revolvieron toda la casa, pero no lo encontraron

turn and turn about por turnos

turn of phrase manera de expresarse

turn of the century finales nombre masculino plural de siglo

turn of the screw vuelta del tornillo

turn ['tərn] vt

1) : girar, voltear, volver

to turn one's head: voltear la cabeza

she turned her chair toward the fire: giró su asiento hacia la hoguera

2) rotate: darle vuelta a, hacer girar

turn the handle: dale vuelta a la manivela

3) sprain, wrench: dislocar, torcer

4) upset: revolver (el estómago)

5) transform: convertir

to turn water into wine: convertir el agua en vino

6) shape: tornear (en carpintería)

turn vi

1) rotate: girar, dar vueltas

2) : girar, doblar, dar una vuelta

turn left: doble a la izquierda

to turn around: dar la media vuelta

3) become: hacerse, volverse, ponerse

4) sour: agriarse, cortarse (dícese de la leche)

5)

to turn to : recurrir a

they have no one to turn to: no tienen quien les ayude

turn n

1) : vuelta f, giro m

a sudden turn: una vuelta repentina

2) change: cambio m

3) curve: curva f (en un camino)

4) : turno m

they're awaiting their turn: están esperando su turno

whose turn is it?: ¿a quién le toca?

turn (in lathe)

v.

• tornear v. (sth.) up

expr.

• descubrir (algo) v.

v.

• cambiar v.

• dar vueltas a v.

• doblar v.

• girar v.

• recurrir v.

• torcer v.

• tornar v.

• virar v.

• volver v.

n.

• cambio s.m.

• curva s.f.

• giro s.m.

• lance s.m.

• recodo s.m.

• retortero s.m.

• revuelto s.m.

• sesgo s.m.

• torneado s.m.

• torno s.m.

• turno s.m.

• vez s.f.

• viraje s.m.

• vuelta s.f.

tɜːrn, tɜːn
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noun

1)

a) ( rotation) vuelta f

give it another turn — dale otra vuelta

a half turn — media vuelta

to a turn: the meat was done to a turn — la carne estaba hecha a la perfección, la carne estaba en su punto justo

b) ( change of direction) vuelta f, giro m

no left turn — prohibido girar or doblar or torcer a la izquierda

c) ( bend) curva f; ( turning)

take the next left/right turn — tome or (esp Esp) coja or (esp AmL) agarre la próxima a la izquierda/derecha

at every turn — a cada paso, a cada momento

d) (change, alteration)

a turn in the weather — un cambio en el tiempo

this dramatic turn of events — este dramático giro de los acontecimientos

events took an unexpected turn — los acontecimientos dieron un giro inesperado

to take a turn for the better — empezar* a mejorar

to take a turn for the worse — empeorar, ponerse* peor

the turn of the century — el final del siglo ( y el principio del siguiente)

to be on the turn — \<\<events/tide\>\> estar* cambiando; \<\<leaves\>\> estar* cambiando de color; \<\<milk/food\>\> (BrE) estar* echándose a perder

2)

a) ( place in sequence)

whose turn is it? — ¿a quién le toca?

I think it's my turn — creo que me toca (el turno) a mí

you'll have to wait your turn — vas a tener que esperar que te toque (el turno)

to take turns o to take it in turn(s) — turnarse

we'll take turns o we'll take it in turn(s) to do the cooking — nos vamos a turnar para cocinar, vamos a cocinar por turnos

b) (in phrases)

by turns — sucesivamente

in turn: each in turn was asked the same question a cada uno de ellos se le hizo la misma pregunta; out of turn: she realized she'd spoken out of turn — se dio cuenta de que su comentario (or interrupción etc) había estado fuera de lugar

3) ( service)

to do somebody a good turn — hacerle* un favor a alguien

one good turn deserves another — favor con favor se paga

4) (form, style)

she has a logical/practical turn of mind — es muy lógica/práctica

she has a witty turn of phrase — tiene una manera ingeniosa de expresarse

5)

a) (bout of illness, disability)

he had a funny turn — le dio un ataque (or un mareo etc)

b) ( nervous shock) susto m

you gave me quite a turn — me diste un buen susto

6) ( act) (esp BrE) número m

II
1.

transitive verb

1)

a) ( rotate) \<\<knob/handle/wheel\>\> (hacer*) girar

he turned the key in the lock — hizo girar la llave en la cerradura

b) (set, regulate)

to turn something to something: turn the knob to `hot' ponga el indicador en `caliente'; he turned the oven to a lower temperature — bajó la temperatura del horno

2)

a) (change position, direction of) \<\<head\>\> volver*, voltear (AmL exc RPl)

turn your head a little to the side — gira la cabeza un poco hacia un lado

she turned her back on them — les volvió or les dio la espalda, les volteó la espalda (AmL exc RPl)

he slipped out while my back was turned — salió disimuladamente mientras yo estaba de espaldas

the nurse turned her onto her side — la enfermera la puso de lado

can you turn the TV this way a bit? — ¿puedes poner el televisor más para este lado?

b) (direct, apply)

to turn something to something: I turned my mind to more pleasant thoughts me puse a pensar en cosas más agradables; the administration has turned its efforts to... la administración ha dirigido sus esfuerzos a...; they turned the situation to their own profit — utilizaron la situación para su propio provecho; advantage b)

3)

a) ( reverse) \<\<mattress/omelette\>\> darle* la vuelta a, voltear (AmL exc CS), dar* vuelta (CS); \<\<page\>\> pasar, volver*, dar* vuelta (CS); \<\<soil\>\> remover*, voltear (AmL exc CS), dar* vuelta (CS)

he turned the card face down — puso or volvió la carta boca abajo

she sat turning the pages of a magazine — estaba sentada hojeando una revista

b) ( upset)

it turns my stomach — me revuelve el estómago

4)

a) ( go around) \<\<corner\>\> dar* la vuelta a, dar* vuelta (CS)

b) ( pass)

she's just turned 30 — acaba de cumplir (los) 30

5) ( send)

I couldn't simply turn him from my door — no le podía negar ayuda, no le podía volver la espalda; loose I 2)

6)

a) (change, transform) volver*

to turn something to/into something — transformar or convertir* algo en algo

they've turned the place into a pigsty! — han puesto la casa (or la habitación etc) como una pocilga!

she turned him into a frog — lo convirtió en un sapo

the experience turned him into a cynic — se volvió cínico con la experiencia

b) ( make sour) \<\<milk\>\> agriar

c) ( confuse) \<\<mind\>\> trastornar

7)

a) ( shape - on lathe) tornear; (- on potter's wheel) hacer*

b) ( formulate)

a well-turned phrase — una frase elegante or pulida

8) ( make) \<\<profit\>\> sacar*

2.

vi

1) ( rotate) \<\<handle/wheel\>\> girar, dar* vuelta(s)

the key turned easily in the lock — la llave giró fácilmente en la cerradura

it made my stomach turn — me revolvió el estómago

the earth turns on its axis every 24 hours — la Tierra gira sobre su eje cada 24 horas

the outcome of the election turns on one crucial factor — el resultado de las elecciones depende de un factor decisivo

my head was turning — todo me daba vueltas

2)

a) ( to face in different direction) \<\<person\>\> volverse*, darse* la vuelta, voltearse (AmL exc CS), darse* vuelta (CS); \<\<car\>\> dar* la vuelta, dar* vuelta (CS)

she turned to me with a smile — me miró sonriéndome, se volvió hacia mí con una sonrisa

he turned onto his side — se volvió or se puso de lado

left/right turn! — (BrE Mil) media vuelta a la izquierda/derecha!

b) (change course, direction)

the army then turned north — entonces el ejército cambió de rumbo, dirigiéndose al norte

to turn into a side street — meterse en una calle lateral

to turn left/right — girar or doblar or torcer* a la izquierda/derecha

c) ( curve) \<\<road/river\>\> torcer*

3)

a) ( focus on)

to turn to another subject — pasar a otro tema, cambiar de tema

his mind turned to thoughts of escape — se puso a pensar en escaparse

b) (resort, have recourse to)

to turn to violence/a friend — recurrir a la violencia/un amigo

she had no one to turn to — no tenía a quien recurrir

to turn to drink — darse* a la bebida

to turn to somebody/something for something: she turned to her parents for support recurrió or acudió a sus padres en busca de apoyo; he turned to nature for inspiration — buscó inspiración en la naturaleza

4)

a) ( become)

his face turned red — se le puso la cara colorada

things were turning nasty — las cosas se estaban poniendo feas

her hair had turned gray — había encanecido

he turned professional — se hizo profesional

Ed Wright, naturalist turned politician — Ed Wright, naturalista convertido en or vuelto político

b) ( be transformed)

to turn into something — convertirse* en algo

water turns into steam — el agua se convierte or se transforma en vapor

to turn to something — (liter) convertirse* en algo

everything he touched turned to gold — todo lo que tocaba se convertía en oro

c) ( change) \<\<luck/weather/tide\>\> cambiar

d) ( change color) \<\<leaves\>\> cambiar de color

e) ( go sour) \<\<milk\>\> agriarse

5) ( when reading)

turn to page 19 — abran el libro en la página 19, vayan a la página 19

turn back a couple of pages — vuelvan atrás un par de páginas

6) (AmE Busn) \<\<merchandise\>\> venderse

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Phrasal Verbs:

- turn against

- turn around

- turn aside

- turn away

- turn back

- turn down

- turn in

- turn off

- turn on

- turn out

- turn over

- turn round

- turn up

- turn upon

[tɜːn]
1. N

1) (=rotation) vuelta f, revolución f; [of spiral] espira f

• with a quick turn of the hand — con un movimiento rápido de la mano

• he gave the handle a turn — dio vuelta a la palanca

• to give a screw another turn — apretar un tornillo una vuelta más

- he never does a hand's turn

2) (Aut) (in road) vuelta f, curva f

a road full of twists and turns — una carretera llena de curvas

no left turn — prohibido girar a la izquierda

to do a left turn — (Aut) doblar or girar a la izquierda

3) (Aut) (=turn-off) salida f

I think we missed our turn back there — creo que allí atrás nos hemos pasado de la salida

4) (Naut) viraje m

to make a turn to port — virar a babor

5) (Swimming) vuelta f

6) (=change of direction)

• at the turn of the century — a finales del siglo

• this was a surprising turn of events — esto suponía un giro inesperado de los acontecimientos

• at every turn — (fig) a cada paso

• to be on the turn, the tide is on the turn — la marea está cambiando

the milk is on the turn — la leche está a punto de cortarse

the economy may at last be on the turn — puede que por fin la economía de un giro importante or cambie de signo

• turn of the tide — (lit, fig) cambio m or vuelta f de la marea

• things took a new turn — las cosas tomaron otro cariz or aspecto

events took a tragic turn — los acontecimientos tomaron un cariz trágico

events are taking a sensational turn — los acontecimientos vienen tomando un rumbo sensacional

then things took a turn for the better — entonces las cosas empezaron a mejorar

the patient took a turn for the worse — el paciente empeoró

• at the turn of the year — a fin de año

7) (in series etc) turno m, vez f

whose turn is it? — ¿a quién le toca?

it's your turn — te toca a ti

it's her turn next — le toca a ella después, ella es la primera en turno

then it was my turn to protest — luego protesté a mi vez

your turn will come — ya te tocará

• turn and turn about — cada uno por turno, ahora esto y luego aquello

• by turns — por turnos, sucesivamente

I felt hot and cold by turns — tuve calor y luego frío en momentos sucesivos

• to give up one's turn — ceder la vez

• in turn — por turnos, sucesivamente

they spoke in turn — hablaron por turnos

and they, in turn, said... — y ellos a su vez dijeron...

• to miss one's turn — perder la vez or el turno

the player shall miss two turns — el jugador deberá perder dos jugadas

• to go out of turn — (in game) jugar fuera de orden

to speak out of turn — (fig) hablar fuera de lugar

• to take one's turn — llegarle (a algn) su turno

to take turns at doing sth — alternar or turnarse para hacer algo

to take it in turn(s) to do sth — turnarse para hacer algo

to take turns at the wheel — conducir por turnos

to take a turn at the wheel — turnarse para conducir

• to wait one's turn — esperar (algn) su turno

8) (=short walk) vuelta f

to take a turn in the park — dar una vuelta por el parque

9) (Med) (=fainting fit etc) vahído m, desmayo m; (=crisis) crisis f inv, ataque m

he had a bad turn last night — anoche tuvo un ataque

10) * (=fright) susto m

the news gave me quite a turn — la noticia me asustó or dejó de piedra

11) (esp Brit) (Theat) número m, turno m

he came on and did a funny turn — salió a escena y presentó un número cómico

12) (=deed)

• to do sb a bad turn — hacer una mala pasada a algn

• to do sb a good turn — hacerle un favor a algn

his good turn for the day — su buena acción del día

- one good turn deserves another

13) (Culin)

it's done to a turn — está en su punto

14) (=inclination)

an odd turn of mind — una manera retorcida or (LAm) chueca de pensar

to be of or have a scientific turn of mind — ser más dado a las ciencias

15) (=expression)

turn of phrase — forma f de hablar, giro m

that's a French turn of phrase — eso es un modismo francés

2. VT

1) (=rotate) [+ wheel, handle] girar, dar vueltas a; [+ screw] atornillar, destornillar

to turn the key in the lock — dar vuelta a la llave en la cerradura

the engine turns the wheel — el motor hace girar la rueda

• you can turn it through 90° — se puede girarlo hasta 90 grados

• turn it to the left — dale una vuelta hacia la izquierda

2) (also: turn over) [+ record, mattress, steak] dar la vuelta a, voltear (LAm); [+ page] pasar; [+ soil] revolver; [+ hay] volver al revés

the plough turns the soil — el arado revuelve la tierra

• to turn one's ankle — torcerse el tobillo

• to turn a dress inside out — volver un vestido del revés

• it turns my stomach — me revuelve el estómago

- turn the page

3) (=direct) dirigir, volver

• they turned him against us — le pusieron en contra nuestra

we managed to turn his argument against him — pudimos volver su argumento contra él mismo

• to turn one's attention to sth — concentrar su atención en algo

• to turn one's back on sb/sth — (also fig) volver or dar la espalda a algn/algo

as soon as his back is turned — en cuanto mira para otro lado

• to turn one's eyes in sb's direction — volver la mirada hacia donde está algn

• to turn a gun on sb — apuntar una pistola a algn

• to turn one's head — volver la cabeza

• the fireman turned the hose on the building — el bombero dirigió la manguera hacia el edificio

• to turn the lights (down) low — poner la luz más baja

• to turn one's steps homeward — dirigirse a casa, volver los pasos hacia casa

• to turn one's thoughts to sth — concentrarse en algo

- turn the other cheek

- without turning a hair

to turn one's hand to sth —

he turned his hand to cookery — se dedicó a la cocina

- turn sb's head: earning all that money has turned his/her head

already in her first film she turned a few heads — ya en su primera película la gente se fijó en ella

- turn the tables

4) (=pass) doblar, dar la vuelta a

the car turned the corner — el coche dobló la esquina

he's turned 50 — ha pasado los 50 años

it's turned four o'clock — son las cuatro y pico or (esp LAm) las cuatro pasadas

- have turned the corner

5) (=change)

the heat turned the walls black — el calor volvió negras las paredes, el calor ennegreció las paredes

the shock turned her hair white — del susto, el pelo se le puso blanco

his goal turned the game — (Brit) su gol le dio un vuelco al partido

an actor turned writer — un actor metido a escritor

• to turn sth into sth — convertir algo en algo

they turned the land into a park — convirtieron el terreno en un parque

to turn iron into gold — convertir el hierro en oro

to turn a play into a film — pasar una obra al cine

to turn verse into prose — verter verso en prosa

to turn English into Spanish — traducir el inglés al español

it turned him into a bitter man — le volvió un resentido

• she turned her dreams to reality — hizo sus sueños realidad, realizó sus sueños

6) (=deflect) [+ blow] desviar

nothing will turn him from his purpose — nada le hará cambiar su intención

7) (=shape) [+ wood, metal] tornear

to turn wood on a lathe — labrar la madera en un torno
well-turned
8) (Culin)

the heat has turned the milk — el calor ha cortado la leche

9)

to turn a profit — (esp US) sacar un beneficio, tener ganancias

3. VI

1) (=rotate) [wheel etc] girar, dar vueltas

• the object turned on a stand — el objeto giraba en un pedestal

the earth turns on its axis — la Tierra gira sobre su propio eje

• his stomach turned at the sight — al verlo se le revolvió el estómago, se le revolvieron las tripas al verlo *

- my head is turning

to turn in one's grave —

she would turn in her grave if she knew — le daría un síncope si supiera
toss 3., 1)
2) (=change direction) [person] dar la vuelta, voltearse (LAm); [tide] repuntar

to turn and go back — volverse or dar la vuelta y regresar

right turn! — (Mil) derecha... ¡ar!

the game turned after half-time — (Brit) el partido dio un vuelco tras el descanso

• to turn against sb — volverse contra algn

to turn against sth — coger aversión a algo

• to turn for home — volver hacia casa

• farmers are turning from cows to pigs — los granjeros cambian de vacas a cerdos

• then our luck turned — luego mejoramos de suerte

• to turn to sb/sth, he turned to me and smiled — se volvió hacia mí y sonrió

to turn to sb for help — acudir a algn en busca de ayuda

she has no-one to turn to — no tiene a quién recurrir

our thoughts turn to those who... — pensamos ahora en los que...

please turn to page 34 — vamos a la página 34

he turned to politics — se dedicó a la política

he turned to drink — se dio a la bebida, le dio por el alcohol

the conversation turned to religion — la conversación viró hacia la religión

• I don't know which way to turn — (fig) no sé qué hacer

• I don't know where to turn for money — no sé en qué parte ir a buscar dinero

• the wind has turned — el viento ha cambiado de dirección

- the tide is turning

3) (Aut) torcer, girar; (Aer, Naut) virar

to turn left — (Aut) torcer or girar or doblar a la izquierda

• the car turned into a lane — el coche se metió en una bocacalle

• to turn to port — (Naut) virar a babor

4) (=change)

• to turn into sth — convertirse or transformarse en algo

the whole thing has turned into a nightmare — todo el asunto se ha convertido en una pesadilla

he turned into a cynic — se volvió cínico

the princess turned into a toad — la princesa se transformó en sapo, la princesa quedó transformada en sapo

• the leaves were turning — se estaban descolorando or dorando las hojas

• the milk has turned — la leche se ha cortado

• it turned to stone — se convirtió en piedra

his admiration turned to scorn — su admiración se tornó or se transformó en desprecio

• to wait for the weather to turn — esperar a que cambie el tiempo

5) (=become)

then he began to turn awkward — luego empezó a ponerse difícil

he turned Catholic — se hizo católico

• the weather or it has turned cold — el tiempo se ha puesto frío, se ha echado el frío

• to turn nasty — [person] ponerse or volverse antipático

• to turn professional — hacerse profesional

• to turn red — ponerse rojo

• matters are turning serious — las cosas se ponen graves

6) (=depend)

• everything turns on his decision — todo depende de su decisión

everything turns on whether... — todo depende de si...

4.

CPD

turn signal N — (US) (Aut) indicador m (de dirección)

- turn about

- turn aside

- turn away

- turn back

- turn down

- turn in

- turn off

- turn on

- turn out

- turn over

- turn round

- turn to

- turn up

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[tɜːrn, tɜːn]
I

noun

1)

a) ( rotation) vuelta f

give it another turn — dale otra vuelta

a half turn — media vuelta

to a turn: the meat was done to a turn — la carne estaba hecha a la perfección, la carne estaba en su punto justo

b) ( change of direction) vuelta f, giro m

no left turn — prohibido girar or doblar or torcer a la izquierda

c) ( bend) curva f; ( turning)

take the next left/right turn — tome or (esp Esp) coja or (esp AmL) agarre la próxima a la izquierda/derecha

at every turn — a cada paso, a cada momento

d) (change, alteration)

a turn in the weather — un cambio en el tiempo

this dramatic turn of events — este dramático giro de los acontecimientos

events took an unexpected turn — los acontecimientos dieron un giro inesperado

to take a turn for the better — empezar* a mejorar

to take a turn for the worse — empeorar, ponerse* peor

the turn of the century — el final del siglo ( y el principio del siguiente)

to be on the turn — \<\<events/tide\>\> estar* cambiando; \<\<leaves\>\> estar* cambiando de color; \<\<milk/food\>\> (BrE) estar* echándose a perder

2)

a) ( place in sequence)

whose turn is it? — ¿a quién le toca?

I think it's my turn — creo que me toca (el turno) a mí

you'll have to wait your turn — vas a tener que esperar que te toque (el turno)

to take turns o to take it in turn(s) — turnarse

we'll take turns o we'll take it in turn(s) to do the cooking — nos vamos a turnar para cocinar, vamos a cocinar por turnos

b) (in phrases)

by turns — sucesivamente

in turn: each in turn was asked the same question a cada uno de ellos se le hizo la misma pregunta; out of turn: she realized she'd spoken out of turn — se dio cuenta de que su comentario (or interrupción etc) había estado fuera de lugar

3) ( service)

to do somebody a good turn — hacerle* un favor a alguien

one good turn deserves another — favor con favor se paga

4) (form, style)

she has a logical/practical turn of mind — es muy lógica/práctica

she has a witty turn of phrase — tiene una manera ingeniosa de expresarse

5)

a) (bout of illness, disability)

he had a funny turn — le dio un ataque (or un mareo etc)

b) ( nervous shock) susto m

you gave me quite a turn — me diste un buen susto

6) ( act) (esp BrE) número m

II
1.

transitive verb

1)

a) ( rotate) \<\<knob/handle/wheel\>\> (hacer*) girar

he turned the key in the lock — hizo girar la llave en la cerradura

b) (set, regulate)

to turn something to something: turn the knob to `hot' ponga el indicador en `caliente'; he turned the oven to a lower temperature — bajó la temperatura del horno

2)

a) (change position, direction of) \<\<head\>\> volver*, voltear (AmL exc RPl)

turn your head a little to the side — gira la cabeza un poco hacia un lado

she turned her back on them — les volvió or les dio la espalda, les volteó la espalda (AmL exc RPl)

he slipped out while my back was turned — salió disimuladamente mientras yo estaba de espaldas

the nurse turned her onto her side — la enfermera la puso de lado

can you turn the TV this way a bit? — ¿puedes poner el televisor más para este lado?

b) (direct, apply)

to turn something to something: I turned my mind to more pleasant thoughts me puse a pensar en cosas más agradables; the administration has turned its efforts to... la administración ha dirigido sus esfuerzos a...; they turned the situation to their own profit — utilizaron la situación para su propio provecho; advantage b)

3)

a) ( reverse) \<\<mattress/omelette\>\> darle* la vuelta a, voltear (AmL exc CS), dar* vuelta (CS); \<\<page\>\> pasar, volver*, dar* vuelta (CS); \<\<soil\>\> remover*, voltear (AmL exc CS), dar* vuelta (CS)

he turned the card face down — puso or volvió la carta boca abajo

she sat turning the pages of a magazine — estaba sentada hojeando una revista

b) ( upset)

it turns my stomach — me revuelve el estómago

4)

a) ( go around) \<\<corner\>\> dar* la vuelta a, dar* vuelta (CS)

b) ( pass)

she's just turned 30 — acaba de cumplir (los) 30

5) ( send)

I couldn't simply turn him from my door — no le podía negar ayuda, no le podía volver la espalda; loose I 2)

6)

a) (change, transform) volver*

to turn something to/into something — transformar or convertir* algo en algo

they've turned the place into a pigsty! — han puesto la casa (or la habitación etc) como una pocilga!

she turned him into a frog — lo convirtió en un sapo

the experience turned him into a cynic — se volvió cínico con la experiencia

b) ( make sour) \<\<milk\>\> agriar

c) ( confuse) \<\<mind\>\> trastornar

7)

a) ( shape - on lathe) tornear; (- on potter's wheel) hacer*

b) ( formulate)

a well-turned phrase — una frase elegante or pulida

8) ( make) \<\<profit\>\> sacar*

2.

vi

1) ( rotate) \<\<handle/wheel\>\> girar, dar* vuelta(s)

the key turned easily in the lock — la llave giró fácilmente en la cerradura

it made my stomach turn — me revolvió el estómago

the earth turns on its axis every 24 hours — la Tierra gira sobre su eje cada 24 horas

the outcome of the election turns on one crucial factor — el resultado de las elecciones depende de un factor decisivo

my head was turning — todo me daba vueltas

2)

a) ( to face in different direction) \<\<person\>\> volverse*, darse* la vuelta, voltearse (AmL exc CS), darse* vuelta (CS); \<\<car\>\> dar* la vuelta, dar* vuelta (CS)

she turned to me with a smile — me miró sonriéndome, se volvió hacia mí con una sonrisa

he turned onto his side — se volvió or se puso de lado

left/right turn! — (BrE Mil) media vuelta a la izquierda/derecha!

b) (change course, direction)

the army then turned north — entonces el ejército cambió de rumbo, dirigiéndose al norte

to turn into a side street — meterse en una calle lateral

to turn left/right — girar or doblar or torcer* a la izquierda/derecha

c) ( curve) \<\<road/river\>\> torcer*

3)

a) ( focus on)

to turn to another subject — pasar a otro tema, cambiar de tema

his mind turned to thoughts of escape — se puso a pensar en escaparse

b) (resort, have recourse to)

to turn to violence/a friend — recurrir a la violencia/un amigo

she had no one to turn to — no tenía a quien recurrir

to turn to drink — darse* a la bebida

to turn to somebody/something for something: she turned to her parents for support recurrió or acudió a sus padres en busca de apoyo; he turned to nature for inspiration — buscó inspiración en la naturaleza

4)

a) ( become)

his face turned red — se le puso la cara colorada

things were turning nasty — las cosas se estaban poniendo feas

her hair had turned gray — había encanecido

he turned professional — se hizo profesional

Ed Wright, naturalist turned politician — Ed Wright, naturalista convertido en or vuelto político

b) ( be transformed)

to turn into something — convertirse* en algo

water turns into steam — el agua se convierte or se transforma en vapor

to turn to something — (liter) convertirse* en algo

everything he touched turned to gold — todo lo que tocaba se convertía en oro

c) ( change) \<\<luck/weather/tide\>\> cambiar

d) ( change color) \<\<leaves\>\> cambiar de color

e) ( go sour) \<\<milk\>\> agriarse

5) ( when reading)

turn to page 19 — abran el libro en la página 19, vayan a la página 19

turn back a couple of pages — vuelvan atrás un par de páginas

6) (AmE Busn) \<\<merchandise\>\> venderse

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Phrasal Verbs:

- turn against

- turn around

- turn aside

- turn away

- turn back

- turn down

- turn in

- turn off

- turn on

- turn out

- turn over

- turn round

- turn up

- turn upon

English-spanish dictionary > turn

18 turn

[tə:n] 1. verb
1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) obrniti

2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) obrniti se

3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) zaviti

4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) usmeriti

5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) zaviti okoli

6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) spremeniti

7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) postati
2. noun
1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) obrat

2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) navoj

3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) ovinek, odcep

4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) (biti) na vrsti za

5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) točka

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- turning-point
- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
- turn up
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I [tə:n]
noun

vrtljaj, vrtenje, obračanje, obrat; ovinek, zavoj, okljuk, vijuga, krivulja; figuratively izkrivljenje; (posebna) smer, sprememba smeri, obrnjena smer; preokret, preobrat; kriza; economy prodaja, promet; sprememba, menjava, redno menjavanje pri opravljanju (posla, službe), turnus, vrstni red; zamena, šiht, posada, delovna izmena; runda; (kratek) sprehod, pot, runda; zaposlenost (s čim), (prehoden) poklic; usluga; prilika, priložnost; točka v programu (varieteja); namen, namera, potreba; figuratively sposobnost, talent, dar ( for za), nagnjenje; oblika, obris; način mišljenja, razpoloženje; postopek; izraz; colloquially živčni pretres, šak, omotica, strah, močno razburjenje; skisanje (mleka); printing obrnjena črka, obrnjen tisk; sport trojka (pri drsanju); plural medicine menstruacija, mesečna čišča

turn (and turn) about — izmenoma, menjaje se

at every turn — pri vsakem koraku, ob vsaki priliki, neprestano, ob vsakem času

before one's turn — preden smo na vrsti

by turns, in turns — izmenoma, zaporedoma; v turnusu, eno za drugim

every one in his turn! — vsakdo (vsi) po vrsti!

in turn — po vrsti

in the turn of a hand — v hipu, kot bi trenil

out of one's turn — zunaj, mimo svoje vrste; ne na mestu

to a turn — izvrstno

a turn of anger — napad jeze

turn of the century — konec stoletja

a turn of fortune (of Fortune's wheel) — preobrat, preokret sreče, usode

a turn to the left — zavoj na levo

turn of life medicine klimakterij

the turn of the tide — oseka, figuratively sprememba položaja, preobrat

done to a turn — (s)pečen kot treba

hand's turn — ročno delo

to be of humorous turn — imeti smisel za humor

to be on the turn — biti na preokretnici, prelomnici

he is fond of old turns of expression — on se rad starinsko izraža

whose turn is it? — kdo je na vrsti?

now it is my turn — sedaj sem jaz na vrsti

the milk is on the turn — mleko se bo vsak hip skisalo

the cake is done to a turn — kolač je ravno prav pečen

to do s.o. a good (bad) turn — napraviti komu dobro (slabo) uslugo

he did me an ill turn — škodoval mi je, eno mi je zagodel

one good turn deserves another — roka roko umiva, usluga za uslugo

to (a)wait one's turn — čakati, da pridemo na vrsto

to give s.o. a turn — prestrašiti koga

to have a turn for languages — ima dar za jezike

he has a curious turn of mind — čudnega značaja je

I heard short turns in the music-hall — slišal sem kratke točke programa v varieteju

left (right) turn! British English military na levo (desno)!

we read turn and turn about — menjavali smo se pri čitanju

don't speak out of your turn! — ne govori, če nisi na vrsti!

it serves my turn — to mi prav pride, mi dobro služi (koristi)

to take a turn at s.th. — kratek čas se s čim ukvarjati

to take a turn to the right — zaviti na desno

to take turns — medsebojno se menjavati ( at rowing pri veslanju)

to take a turn in the park — napraviti kratek sprehod (rundo) v parku

to take the good (bad) turn, to take a turn for the good (bad) — obrniti se na boljše (slabše)

disease took a favourable turn — bolezen se je obrnila na bolje
II [tə:n]
1.

transitive verb

(za)vrteti (v krogu); obrniti, obračati, narobe obrniti; preobrniti, prekopati; odbiti, odvrniti; spremeniti smer, dati drugo smer; odločiti; spremeniti (v), predrugačiti, pretvoriti; prevesti (tekst); skisati (mleko); prekoračiti, preiti; obiti, military

obkoliti; izogniti se; zaviti okoli, obrniti, nameriti (korak itd.); napotiti, nagnati, spoditi ( into v); sport delati (prekuce, salte, kolo); otopiti, skrhati (nož); naščuvati, nahujskati ( against proti); zmešati (glavo), zmesti, znoriti; economy v denar spraviti, unovčiti; stružiti, zaokrogliti, zaobliti, dati okroglo obliko; lepo oblikovati; figuratively lepo formulirati (stavek); obsolete speljati na kriva pota, zapeljati; spreobrniti;

2.

intransitive verb

vrteti se, dati se vrteti; obračati se, obrniti se; prevračati se, prevrniti se; figuratively postaviti se na glavo; postati omotičen; zaviti, kreniti, napraviti zavoj; zateči se (to k), obrniti se, pogledati nazaj; oprijeti se, lotiti se, ukvarjati se; spremeniti se, spremeniti naravo; skisati se (mleko), postati (žaltav itd.), pokvariti se; stružiti se, postati top, skrhati se (nož); obsolete prebegniti, postati uskok (odpadnik, dezerter)

to turn an attack military odbiti napad

to turn the ( —ali one's) back (up)on — hrbet obrniti (pokazati); obrniti se proč od

to turn bankrupt — priti pod stečaj (v konkurz), bankrotirati, doživeti bankrot, priti na boben

he turned many books in his life figuratively mnogo je prebral v svojem življenju

to turn s.o.'s brain — znoriti koga

his brain has turned with overwork — zmešalo se mu je zaradi čezmernega dela

to turn bridle — obrniti se, začeti se umikati

to turn bear (bull) economy špekulirati na padec (dvig) cen in tečajev na borzi

to turn into cash — spraviti v denar (gotovino), unovčiti

to turn the cat in the pan figuratively stvar (že nekako) urediti, v red spraviti

to turn Catholic — postati katoličan

to turn the cheek figuratively obrniti (nastaviti) tudi drugo lice, požreti (kaj) zaradi (ljubega) miru

to turn one's coat figuratively obrniti, obračati plašč (po vetru)

he turned his coat — izneveril se je svoji stranki, postal je odpadnik

to have an old overcoat turned — dati si obrniti star površnik

turned commas — narekovaj

to turn colour — spremeniti barvo (postati bled ali rdeč)

to turn a compliment — napraviti lep poklon (kompliment)

to turn a street corner — zaviti okoli uličnega vogala

to turn the corner figuratively srečno prebroditi krizo

to turn a difficulty — izogniti se težavi, obiti težavo

to turn a deaf ear — narediti se gluhega (to za), ne hoteti slišati

to turn to a dictionary — zateči se k slovarju

to turn to the doctor — obrniti se na (konsultirati) zdravnika

to turn the edge of a knife — skrhati nož

to turn the edge of a remark — napraviti opazko manj ostro, omiliti opazko

to turn English into Slovene — prevesti iz angleščine v slovenščino

to turn king's ( American state's) evidence juridically postati glavna obremenilna priča

he is just turning 50 — pravkar je prekoračil 50. leto

to turn a film — snemati film

to turn one's face to the wall — obrniti obraz proti steni, figuratively biti pripravljen za smrt, (hoteti) umreti

to turn the enemy's flank — obiti sovražnikov bok

to turn s.o.'s tiank figuratively prelisičiti koga, premagati koga v debati

to turn one's flght northwards — usmeriti svoj polet proti severu

to turn ground — prekopati zemljo

his hair has turned grey — osivel je

to turn one's hand to s.th. — lotiti se, oprijeti se česa

she can turn her hand to anything — ona je zelo spretna, praktična

not to turn a hand to help s.o. — s prstom ne migniti, da bi komu pomagali

my head turns — vse se mi vrti v glavi

his head turned with the success — uspeh mu je stopil v glavo

to turn one's head — obrniti glavo, pogledati nazaj

to turn s.o.'s head — zmešati komu glavo

to turn headsprings sport delati (vrteti) kolesa

to turn head over heels — prekucniti se, prekopicniti se

to turn s.o.'s heart figuratively pregovoriti koga

to turn s.th. inside out — obrniti kaj (narobe), zvrniti kaj

the joke was turned against me — šala je letela name

the key won't turn — ključ se ne mara zavrteti

the leaves are beginning to turn — listje začenja spreminjati barve

to turn to the left — obrniti se, kreniti, zaviti na levo

to turn loose — odvezati, izpustiti koga (na prostost); popustiti; American streljati, ustreliti

to turn s.o. mad — napraviti koga blaznega

you will turn me mad — zblaznel, znorel bom zaradi vas

the milk has turned (sour) — mleko se je skisalo

the warm weather has turned the milk (sour) — toplo vreme je skisalo mleko

to turn s.th. in one's mind — premišljevati kaj

to turn pale — postati bled

it turned her pale — prebledela je ob tem

to turn an honest penny — živeti od poštenega dela (zaslužka)

to turn s.th. to one's profit — obrniti kaj v svojo korist, izkoristiti kaj

to turn rancid — postati žaltav

to turn s.o. to religion — spreobrniti koga (k veri)

to turn and rend — napasti s sramotenjem

to turn the scale — nagniti tehtnico, figuratively odločifi (kaj)

to turn s.o. sick — povzročiti komu slabost

she turned sick — slabo ji je postalo, morala je bruhati; zbolela je

to turn a somersault — napraviti prekuc, salto

to turn one's steps home — kreniti domov

my stomach turns (at) — želodec se mi obrača (ob), vzdiguje se mi

it turns my stomach — ob tem se mi obrača želodec

to turn a table leg — stružiti nogo za mizo

to turn the tables (up)on s.o. figuratively obrniti argumente proti komu, obrniti položaj

to turn tail — obrniti se, stisniti rep med noge, zbežati

the tide has turned — nastopila je oseka, figuratively sreča se je obrnila (se obrača)

to turn one's thumb down figuratively odkloniti, ne hoteti

to turn traitor — postati izdajalec

to turn turtle nautical slang prevrniti se

to turn upon s.th. — biti odvisen od česa

to turn everything upside down — postaviti vse na glavo

the boat turned upside down — čoln se je prevrnil

my umbrella turned inside out — dežnik se mi je obrnil (sprevrgel)

to turn a Latin verse — skovati latinski stih

to turn water into wine — spremeniti vodo v vino

my coat won't turn water — moj plašč ni nepremočljiv

I don't know which way to turn — ne vem, po kateri poti naj krenem, figuratively ne vem ne kod ne kam; ne vem, kaj naj naredim

to turn a wheel — (za)vrteti kolo

the wheel turns — kolo se vrti

the wind has turned — zapihal je drug veter (tudi figuratively)

the whole world has turned topsy-turvy — cel svet je postavljen na glavo

this wood turns well — ta les se dobro struži

even a worm will turn — figuratively tudi najmirnejši človek se brani, če je napaden

English-Slovenian dictionary > turn

19 dudoso

adj.

1 doubtful, insecure, in doubt, hesitant.

2 doubtful, uncertain, unlikely, improbable.

3 dubious, arguable, doubtable, doubtful.

4 of dubious origin, fishy, louche.

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dudoso

► adjetivo

1 (incierto) doubtful, uncertain

2 (vacilante) hesitant, undecided

3 (sospechoso) suspicious, dubious

4 (poco seguro) questionable

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(f. - dudosa)

adj.

1) doubtful

2) dubious

3) questionable

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dudoso, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=incierto) [diagnóstico, futuro] doubtful, uncertain; [resultado] indecisive

de origen dudoso — of doubtful o uncertain origin

aún es dudosa su colaboración — it's still uncertain whether he will collaborate, his collaboration is still uncertain

2) (=vacilante) [persona] hesitant

estar dudoso — to be undecided, be in two minds

3) (=sospechoso) [actuación, dinero, reputación] dubious

el empleo de tácticas dudosas — the use of suspect o dubious tactics

2.

SM / F

el voto de los dudosos — the "undecided" vote

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- sa adjetivo

a) ( incierto) doubtful

lo veo dudoso — it's doubtful, I doubt it

su participación aún está dudosa — it is still uncertain whether they will take part

b) <costumbres/moral> dubious, questionable; < victoria> dubious; < decisión> dubious

de dudoso gusto — in dubious taste

c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided

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= suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspicious, suspicious, unconvinced, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uncleared, iffy [iffier -comp., iffiest -sup.], rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.], borderline, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding.

Ex. The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.

Ex. The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.

Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.

Ex. On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.

Ex. It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.

Ex. This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.

Ex. This program can also discover misconfigured or faulty applications that generate suspicious data traffic.

Ex. Many educators still remain unconvinced of the value of school libraries in the school.

Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.

Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.

Ex. I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.

Ex. The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.

Ex. An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.

Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.

Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.

Ex. But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.

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* con dudosa reputación = disreputable.

* conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.

* estar dudoso = be doubtful.

* proceder dudoso = unfair practice.

* que parece dudoso = dubious-sounding.

* ser dudoso = be doubtful.

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- sa adjetivo

a) ( incierto) doubtful

lo veo dudoso — it's doubtful, I doubt it

su participación aún está dudosa — it is still uncertain whether they will take part

b) <costumbres/moral> dubious, questionable; < victoria> dubious; < decisión> dubious

de dudoso gusto — in dubious taste

c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided

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= suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspicious, suspicious, unconvinced, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uncleared, iffy [iffier -comp., iffiest -sup.], rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.], borderline, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding.

Ex: The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.

Ex: The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.

Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.

Ex: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.

Ex: It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.

Ex: This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.

Ex: This program can also discover misconfigured or faulty applications that generate suspicious data traffic.

Ex: Many educators still remain unconvinced of the value of school libraries in the school.

Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.

Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.

Ex: I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.

Ex: The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.

Ex: An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.

Ex: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.

Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.

Ex: But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.

* con dudosa reputación = disreputable.

* conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.

* estar dudoso = be doubtful.

* proceder dudoso = unfair practice.

* que parece dudoso = dubious-sounding.

* ser dudoso = be doubtful.

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dudoso -sa

adjective

1 (incierto) doubtful

lo veo dudoso it's doubtful, I doubt it

su participación aún está dudosa it is still uncertain whether they will take part

es dudoso que cumpla su promesa it's doubtful o I doubt whether he'll keep his promise

2 ‹costumbres/moral› dubious, questionable; ‹victoria› dubious

una campaña publicitaria de dudoso gusto an advertising campaign in dubious o doubtful taste

una decisión dudosa a doubtful o dubious decision

3 (indeciso) hesitant, undecided

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dudoso
◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ( incierto) doubtful;

◊ lo veo dudoso I doubt it

b) ( cuestionable) dubious

c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided

dudoso,-a adjetivo
1 (poco probable) unlikely, doubtful
(incierto) los orígenes de la creación son dudosos, the origins of creation are uncertain
(con pocas garantías) la atribución a Velázquez es dudosa, the attribution to Velazquez is doubtful
2 (indeciso, vacilante) undecided: estaba dudoso, he was hesitant
3 (turbio) dubious
' dudoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dudosa
- incierto
- oscuro
English:
bad debt
- borderline
- doubtful
- dubious
- moot
- questionable
- touch
- uncertain
- border

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dudoso, -a adj

1. [improbable] doubtful;

una palabra de origen dudoso a word of doubtful origin;

lo veo dudoso I doubt it;

ser dudoso (que) to be doubtful (whether), to be unlikely (that);

es dudoso que asista a la reunión it's unlikely (that) he'll attend the meeting, it's doubtful whether he'll attend the meeting

2. [vacilante] hesitant, indecisive;

estaba dudoso sobre qué hacer she was unsure about what to do

3. [sospechoso] questionable, dubious;

un individuo de dudosa reputación an individual of dubious reputation;

una broma de gusto dudoso a joke in questionable taste;

un penalti dudoso a dubious penalty

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dudoso

adj

1 ( incierto) doubtful, dubious

2 ( indeciso) hesitant

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dudoso, -sa adj

1) : doubtful

2) : dubious, questionable

♦ dudosamente adv

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dudoso adj (en general) doubtful

estoy dudoso, no sé qué coche elegir I'm doubtful, I don't know which car to choose

Spanish-English dictionary > dudoso

20 turn

[tə:n] 1. verb
1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) rodar

2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) virar-se

3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) virar

4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) dirigir

5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) dar a volta

6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) transformar(-se)

7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) mudar (de cor)
2. noun
1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) volta

2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) volta

3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) esquina

4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) vez

5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) número

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- turning-point
- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
- turn up
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[tə:n] n 1 rotação, volta, giro. I took two turns up and down the room / andei duas vezes para cá e para lá dentro do quarto. 2 fig mudança de direção, reviravolta, crise, ação de virar. 3 curva, cotovelo. 4 mudança, alteração, variação. 5 torção, torcedura. 6 vez, ocasião. await your turn! / espere sua vez! now it is my turn / agora é a minha vez. 7 tempo, período, turno. we did it in turns / fizemos isto em turnos. 8 ação, ato, serviço, favor, obséquio. one good turn deserves another / um favor merece outro. 9 inclinação, predileção, tendência, talento. he has a turn for music / ele tem talento (inclinação, interesse) para a música. 10 curso, caminho. 11 passeio, giro, excursão, volta. we took a turn / demos uma volta, fizemos um passeio. 12 susto, choque. it gave her a turn / ela assustou-se. 13 desmaio. 14 Mus grupeto, nota floreada. 15 oportunidade. 16 ocupação passageira ou provisória. 17 Theat número de variedades. 18 estado, condição, natureza, disposição, caráter. 19 sucessão, alternação, rodízio. 20 Typogr letra bloqueada. • vt+vi 1 girar, rodar, virar(-se), volver(-se). he turned her head / ele lhe virou a cabeça. it turns my stomach / está me virando o estômago. I don’t know which way to turn / fig não sei o que fazer, não sei para que lado me virar. we turned the coat inside out / viramos o paletó às avessas. 2 voltar-se. 3 mover, mexer. we did not turn a hair / não perdemos a calma, não demonstramos. 4 mudar (de direção), alterar o curso. 5 dirigir(-se). 6 retornar. 7 desviar. 8 inverter, reverter. 9 revolver na mente. 10 mudar de posição. 11 mudar de assunto. 12 transformar(-se) em (gelo), mudar (cor), tornar(-se) pálido. 13 fazer, formar, adaptar-se. 14 perturbar, transtornar. her brain (head) is turned / ela é louca. 15 mandar embora, fazer ir. 16 volver, dirigir (olhos), virar (rosto). 17 ser mudado. 18 parar, aparar. 19 fazer voltar. 20 passar, dar volta, contornar. 21 ultrapassar, passar (tempo, idade). 22 tornear, fazer no torno. 23 ser torneado. 24 deixar doente. 25 ficar tonto, desmaiar. my head turns / minha cabeça está virando, estou tonto. 26 dobrar. 27 madurecer, mudar de cor. 28 induzir, instigar. 29 expulsar. 30 vender, trocar. 31 traduzir, verter. 32 transformar(-se), alterar, virar às avessas. 33 agrisalhar. 34 entregar. 35 moldar, configurar. 36 resultar, terminar. 37 tornar-se. he turned Christian, soldier, traitor / ele converteu-se ao cristianismo, ficou soldado, virou traidor. 38 estragar, azedar, coalhar (leite). a friendly (good) turn um serviço de amigo, um obséquio. an ill, bad turn um ato mau. an unexpected turn uma mudança inesperada. at every turn a cada momento, em cada ocasião. a turn for the better uma mudança para o melhor. a well turned phrase uma frase bem formulada. by turns alternativamente, em intervalos. done to a turn Cook no ponto. he turned up a tough person ele mostrou-se, revelou-se uma pessoa dura. it took a bad turn virou para o lado ruim. light and dark by turns claro e escuro alternadamente. on the turn prestes a virar (maré). right about turn! Mil meia-volta, volver! the turn of the century a virada do século. to serve one’s turn servir ao fim de, vir a propósito de. to take turns a) mudar, trocar com, revezar-se. b) experimentar. to turn about virar(-se), volver, voltar(-se). to turn a deaf ear fazer-se de surdo. to turn adrift mandar embora, deixar desamparado. to turn against influenciar contra, virar-se contra, ofender, atiçar. to turn around virar ao contrário, torcer (palavras), mudar de atitude. to turn aside desviar(-se), virar-se para o lado. to turn a trick vulg vender-se (prostituta). to turn away a) desviar, virar, mandar embora, despedir, rejeitar. b) virar-se, voltar-se. to turn back a) regressar, voltar, retroceder. b) recusar, devolver. c) retorquir. d) mandar de volta, fazer voltar. she couldn’t turn back / ela não pode voltar atrás (decisão). to turn down a) virar para baixo, dobrar (para baixo). b) diminuir (gás, etc.). c) declinar, rejeitar (oferta). d) desprezar, abandonar. e) descer, ir para baixo. to turn eighteen fazer, completar 18 anos. to turn from dissuadir de. to turn in a) virar, dobrar, (para dentro). b) entregar (alguém). to turn into a) converter em, transformar em. b) instigar a. c) traduzir. d) transformar-se em. e) converter-se em, tornar-se, ficar. to turn into verse pôr em versos. to turn nasty tornar-se desagradável. to turn off a) desviar, afastar, impedir. b) ( from de), despedir, mandar embora. c) fechar, desligar (gás, rádio, torneira). d) realizar, produzir. e) desligar emocionalmente ou sexualmente. f) dirigir-se para o lado. g) desviar-se, afastar-se. h) estragar. i) virar, entrar, sair de uma rua e entrar em outra, dobrar uma esquina. to turn off with a laugh desfazer com um riso. to turn on a) abrir (torneira), ligar (rádio, etc.). b) coll excitar (sexualmente). c) usar narcóticos. d) virar-se. e) girar sobre, em volta de, depender de. f) atacar, visar, retorquir. to turn one’s coat virar a casaca, mudar de opinião. to turn on the heat sl aumentar o esforço, pressão, atividade. to turn out a) virar para fora (os pés). b) expulsar, mandar embora. they turned him out of doors (out of the house) / botaram-no para fora. c) despejar. d) apagar, desligar (luz). e) virar às avessas (as bolsas). f) extrair (carvão). g) transportar, carregar, produzir, fornecer (mercadorias). h) sl iniciar alguém (sexo, drogas). i) virar-se, dirigir-se (para fora). j) sair, ir-se. k) vir à luz, confirmar (-se). l) formar-se, tornar-se. he has turned out a diligent boy / ele tornou-se um rapaz diligente. m) verificar-se, mostrar ser. It turned out that she had money / verificou-se que ela tinha o dinheiro. n) decorrer, terminar. o) largar o trabalho. to turn out well sair bem, dar certo. to turn over a) virar. b) folhar. c) derrubar. d) transbordar. e) transferir. f) revolver. g) movimentar (dinheiro). h) transmitir. i) extraditar. j) encarregar. k) virar-se. l) girar, revolver-se. m) mudar de opinião ou posição. n) inverter. o) denunciar, entregar (às autoridades). to turn over in someone’s mind estudar bem, pensar bem. to turn round a) girar, virar. b) volver, voltar. c) fig converter-se. to turn someone round one’s little finger dominar alguém completamente. to turn something into money transformar em dinheiro, vender. to turn tail recuar ignominiosamente. to turn the back upon someone virar as costas para alguém. to turn the corner a) dobrar a esquina. b) fig vencer a crise. to turn the key virar a chave. to turn the knife in the wound fig abrir novas feridas. to turn the steps towards dirigir os passos para. to turn the tables mudar a sorte. to turn the tables upon pagar na mesma moeda a. to turn the tap on fig cair em prantos. to turn things upside down virar as coisas de pernas para a ar. to turn thumbs down sl recusar, rejeitar, negar. to turn to a) dirigir, concentrar, aplicar, aproveitar. he turn edit to account / ele tirou proveito disto, aproveitou-o com vantagem. b) começar a trabalhar. c) dirigir-se para. they turned to us / dirigiram-se a nós. d) dirigir-se a. e) voltar-se para. f) transformar-se em, converter-se para, tornar-se. to turn toward dirigir para. to turn turtle fig virar de pernas para o ar. to turn up a) virar para cima, dobrar para cima. she turned up her nose / ela torceu o nariz. b) trazer à tona. c) arregaçar. d) aumentar (som, fogo). e) abrir (baralho). f) descobrir, revelar. g) fazer a barra (roupas). h) dirigir-se para cima, virar-se para cima, levantar-se. i) aparecer, vir à tona, surgir. she has turned up at last / ela chegou finalmente. j) acontecer, suceder. k) tornar-se. l) verificar-se, mostrar-se. to turn upon dirigir-se contra, girar em torno de, tratar-se de. to turn up the wick (sl de aviação) acelerar, voar a toda a velocidade. to turn water into wine transformar água em vinho. turn and turn about alternativamente, sucessivamente. turn it up! coll basta! chega! cale a boca! turn of mind modo de pensar. turn over! vide verso! we turned an honest penny by ganhamos nosso dinheiro honestamente com.

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