- turn back
- (to (cause to) go back in the opposite direction: He got tired and turned back; The travellers were turned back at the frontier.) (hacer) retroceder/volver, volverse atrásturn back vb volverse atrásturn backv.• atrasar v.• cejar v.• contramarchar v.1) v + adva) (go back) volver*, regresar, devolverse* (AmL exc RPl)b) (change plan) echarse or volverse* atrás2) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) (send back)
he was turned back at the border — en la frontera lo hicieron regresar or lo mandaron de vuelta
b) (fold) \<\<bedclothes\>\> doblarc) (reset) \<\<clock\>\> retrasar, atrasar; see also clock I a)1. VI + ADV1) (in journey etc) volverse (atrás), desandar el caminothere can be no turning back now — (fig) ahora no vale volverse atrás
2) (in book) volver2. VT + ADV1) (=fold) [+ bedclothes] doblar2) (=send back) [+ person] hacer volver, hacer regresar, devolver; [+ vehicle] volver, dar la vuelta athey were turned back at the frontier — en la frontera les hicieron volver or regresar
3) [+ clock] retrasarto turn the clock back —
we can't turn the clock back — no podemos dar marcha atrás or volver al pasado
- turn the clock back 20 years* * *1) v + adva) (go back) volver*, regresar, devolverse* (AmL exc RPl)b) (change plan) echarse or volverse* atrás2) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) (send back)he was turned back at the border — en la frontera lo hicieron regresar or lo mandaron de vuelta
b) (fold) \<\<bedclothes\>\> doblarc) (reset) \<\<clock\>\> retrasar, atrasar; see also clock I a)
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
