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1 volverse
1 (regresar - ir) to go back; (- venir) to come back2 (darse la vuelta) to turn3 (convertirse) to turn, become* * *1) to become2) turn around* * *VPR1) (=darse la vuelta)a) [persona] to turn, turn round(en negociaciones) to withdrawa última hora se han vuelto atrás — they pulled out o backed out at the last minute
si pudiese volverme atrás en el tiempo... — if I could go back in time...
- volverse en contra de algn2) (=regresar) to turn back, go back3) [+ adj]en el ácido se vuelve más oscuro — it turns o goes darker in the acid
4) [leche] to go off, turn sour* * *(v.) = become, turn into, swing around, turn (a)roundEx. Some degree of ignorance of this kind is not unusual since the usual objective in consulting an information source is to become better informed.Ex. But the incompleteness of information can be turned into an asset by challenging students to specify what additional information they would like and how they would attempt to get it.Ex. Garschine, who had his back to the door and was looking out of the window when she entered, swung around.Ex. In the middle of the night, however, the man gave a start and turned around to find a woman lying at his feet.* * *(v.) = become, turn into, swing around, turn (a)roundEx: Some degree of ignorance of this kind is not unusual since the usual objective in consulting an information source is to become better informed.
Ex: But the incompleteness of information can be turned into an asset by challenging students to specify what additional information they would like and how they would attempt to get it.Ex: Garschine, who had his back to the door and was looking out of the window when she entered, swung around.Ex: In the middle of the night, however, the man gave a start and turned around to find a woman lying at his feet.* * *
■volverse verbo reflexivo
1 (girar el cuerpo) to turn round
2 (regresar: hacia el hablante) to come back
(ir) to go back, return
3 (cambiar el carácter) to become: se ha vuelto muy agresivo, he has become very aggressive
de repente, se volvió loco, he went mad all of a sudden
' volverse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrepentirse
- enajenarse
- loca
- loco
- mico
- teñirse
- torna
- tornarse
- trastocarse
- venirse
- vuelta
- apendejarse
- endurecer
- hacer
- rayar
- retroceder
- voltear
- volver
English:
amok
- back out
- become
- berserk
- cracker
- go
- grow
- mad
- mind
- nuts
- round on
- turn
- turn against
- turn back
- turn on
- wit
- back
- crazy
- deepen
- harden
- reassemble
- round
- soften
* * *vpr1. [darse la vuelta, girar la cabeza] to turn round;se volvió hacia mí she turned towards me;se volvió de espaldas a mí he turned away from me, he turned his back on me;vuélvete boca abajo/arriba turn over so you're lying face down/up;volverse atrás [de una afirmación, promesa] to go back on one's word;[de una decisión] to change one's mind, to back out2. [ir de vuelta] to go back, to return;[venir de vuelta] to come back, to return;nos volvimos a mitad de camino we turned back halfway there;vuélvete a casa go home3. [convertirse en] to become;volverse anarquista to become an anarchist;todo se volvió muy complicado it all got very complicated;volverse loco/pálido to go mad/pale;Famtodo se le volvía decir que… all he could say was…* * *v/r1 turn around;se volvió y me sonrió he turned around and smiled at me2:se volvió a preparar la cena he went o got back to fixing dinner3:volverse contra alguien turn against s.o.4:volverse loco go crazy* * *vr1) : to becomese volvió deprimido: he became depressed2) : to turn around* * *volverse vb1. (girar) to turn round -
2 volverse
• be getting to be• get to a safe place• get to college• turn back -
3 volverse chalupa
to go crazy -
4 volverse en contra de alguien
to turn against somebody -
5 volverse tarumba
(enloquecer) to go bonkers 2 (aturdirse) to get confused -
6 volverse loco
v.to go insane, to go crazy, to become totally insane, to go mad.* * *to go mad* * ** * *(v.) = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rockerEx. 'I can't take it! the man's gone bananas'.Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.Ex. The article is entitled 'The confrontation of childhood with a world gone mad: an examination of children's biography and autobiography in the context of World War 2'.Ex. Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.Ex. The article is entitled 'Have We Lost Our Marbles?'.Ex. The article is entitled ' Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.Ex. Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone.Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.Ex. That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.Ex. How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.Ex. For this reason, he did not die, but rather went out of his mind.Ex. The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.Ex. He never had issues with alcohol as a teen with going off the rails etc as he was used to have a sip of wine now and then with dinner or at Crimbo.Ex. Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.Ex. The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.Ex. I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.* * *(v.) = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rockerEx: 'I can't take it! the man's gone bananas'.
Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.Ex: The article is entitled 'The confrontation of childhood with a world gone mad: an examination of children's biography and autobiography in the context of World War 2'.Ex: Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.Ex: The article is entitled 'Have We Lost Our Marbles?'.Ex: The article is entitled ' Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.Ex: Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone.Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.Ex: That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.Ex: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.Ex: For this reason, he did not die, but rather went out of his mind.Ex: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.Ex: He never had issues with alcohol as a teen with going off the rails etc as he was used to have a sip of wine now and then with dinner or at Crimbo.Ex: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.Ex: The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.Ex: I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies. -
7 volverse atrás
v.to go back, to back down, to back out, to head back.* * *figurado to go back on one's word, back out -
8 volverse + Adjetivo
(v.) = grow + AdjetivoEx. The world round me may have grown dimmer with the passing of the years, but not the world reflected in the magic mirror of literature.* * *(v.) = grow + AdjetivoEx: The world round me may have grown dimmer with the passing of the years, but not the world reflected in the magic mirror of literature.
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9 volverse + Color
(v.) = turn to + ColorEx. Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.* * *(v.) = turn to + ColorEx: Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.
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10 volverse a reunir
(v.) = reconveneEx. According to this model, managers meet to identify goals and objectives and then reconvene after a given time to rate their levels of accomplishment.* * *(v.) = reconveneEx: According to this model, managers meet to identify goals and objectives and then reconvene after a given time to rate their levels of accomplishment.
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11 volverse a unir a
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12 volverse chalado
(v.) = go off + Posesivo + rockerEx. I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.* * *(v.) = go off + Posesivo + rockerEx: I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.
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13 volverse chiflado
(v.) = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rockerEx. That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.Ex. I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.* * *(v.) = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rockerEx: That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.
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14 volverse ciego
v.to turn blind, to go blind.* * *(v.) = become + blindEx. The author describes how a school librarian in Canada who became blind overcame her handicap to continue her library work.* * *(v.) = become + blindEx: The author describes how a school librarian in Canada who became blind overcame her handicap to continue her library work.
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15 volverse cruel
(v.) = become + viciousEx. There's more to it than that - he becomes vicious, cutting people up behind their backs if they cross him in any way.* * *(v.) = become + viciousEx: There's more to it than that - he becomes vicious, cutting people up behind their backs if they cross him in any way.
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16 volverse en contra de
(v.) = turn againstEx. By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.* * *(v.) = turn againstEx: By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
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17 volverse estúpido
(v.) = go off + Posesivo + rockerEx. I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.* * *(v.) = go off + Posesivo + rockerEx: I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.
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18 volverse etéreo
(v.) = etherealise [etherealize, -USA]Ex. The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and ' etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.* * *(v.) = etherealise [etherealize, -USA]Ex: The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and ' etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
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19 volverse frenético
v.to go amok, to run amuck, to go amuck, to run amok.* * *(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a latherEx. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.Ex. The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.* * *(v.) = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a latherEx: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.Ex: The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice. -
20 volverse ilegible
(v.) = become + unreadableEx. The 'Recover Data Index' utility attempts to reconstruct a data diskette that for some reason has become unreadable to the system.* * *(v.) = become + unreadableEx: The 'Recover Data Index' utility attempts to reconstruct a data diskette that for some reason has become unreadable to the system.
См. также в других словарях:
volverse — tornar; cambiar; llegar a ser; cf. ponerse, volverse loco; se volvió mala la fiesta , no te vuelvas triste, por favor ■ volverse loco … Diccionario de chileno actual
volverse loco — enloquecer; enfurecerse; desesperarse; perder el control; enrabiarse; cf. chalarse, envenarse, volverse; el hijo de la Catita se volvió loco; pobrecita ¿no? ¿No será pobrecito? , si sigo en este trabajo me voy a volver loca , me volví loca cuando … Diccionario de chileno actual
volverse — volver(se) 1. ‘Dar(se) la vuelta’, ‘regresar al punto de partida’ y ‘dar, o tomar, un aspecto o carácter diferente al que (se) tenía’. Verbo irregular: se conjuga como mover (→ apéndice 1, n.º 41). Su participio es también irregular: vuelto. 2.… … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
volverse — {{#}}{{LM SynV41256}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE V40254}}{{\}}{{CLAVE}}{{/}}{{\}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{/}} {{[}}volver(se){{]}} {{《}}▍ v.{{》}} = {{<}}1{{>}} regresar • tornar • retornar • retroceder • devolverse (esp. mer.) ≠ marchar = {{<}}2{{>}} {{♂}}(a un … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
volverse las tornas — Dar un vuelco, sufrir un cambio radical una situación: La explicación de la expresión hay que buscarla en las labores agrícolas. Las son, en el antiguo Reino de León, los surcos que se hacen en la tierra para regarla. Cambiar las tornas no era… … Diccionario de dichos y refranes
volverse la tortilla — pop. Igual que Darse vuelta la tortilla … Diccionario Lunfardo
volverse la vaca toro — pop. Reaccionar una persona a la que se creía indefensa o incapaz de ello … Diccionario Lunfardo
volverse mono — pop. Estar en dificultades o problemas y tener obstáculos para salir de ellos// tener obstáculos para conseguir lo que se desea … Diccionario Lunfardo
volverse sobre sus pasos — pop. Arrepentirse; corregirse … Diccionario Lunfardo
volverse algo contra — ► locución coloquial Ponerse las cosas de manera que perjudican a una persona: ■ el tiempo se volvió algo contra nosotros y no pudimos salir a navegar … Enciclopedia Universal
volverse atrás — ► locución coloquial Desdecirse de la promesa o palabra dada: ■ iba a participar en el concurso, pero en el último momento se volvió atrás … Enciclopedia Universal