turn round

turn round
turn round vb girar / volver / dar la vuelta
she turned round and smiled at me se volvió y me sonrió
(esp BrE) turn around
1. VI + ADV
1) (back to front) volverse, dar la espalda

as soon as I turned round they were quarrelling again — en cuanto les volví la espalda se pusieron otra vez a reñir

the government has turned right round — el gobierno ha cambiado completamente de rumbo

he turned round and said ... * — (fig) fue y me dijo or me soltó ... *

2) (=rotate) girar, dar vueltas

I could hardly turn round — apenas podía volverme

to turn round and round — dar vueltas y más vueltas

3) (=improve) [business, economy] recuperarse
2. VT + ADV
1) [+ person, object] dar la vuelta a, voltear (LAm); [+ vehicle, ship etc] dar la vuelta a, girar
2) (Comm)

to turn an order round — tramitar un pedido

3) (=make successful) [+ business, economy] sacar a flote, hacer despegar; (=make profitable) [+ company, school] rentabilizar, sanear (las finanzas de); [+ the economy] sanear
4) (=rework) [+ sentence, idea] modificar, alterar
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(esp BrE) turn around

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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