turn
 transitive or intransitive verb
 dar a volta
EN He had turned his neckstring so that the great knife hung down from his back and could not clash against the stone.
GL Déralle a volta á corda amarrada ó seu pescozo de maneira que o gran coitelo colgara ás súas costas e non petara na pedra.
 Fonte: PER (1526)
xirar
EN Now this globe of the earth turns upon its own axis-- revolves-- spins round-- these twenty-four thousand miles of extent, going from west to east, in precisely twenty-four hours.
GL O globo terráqueo xira sobre o seu propio eixe, é dicir, dá voltas sobre si mesma percorrendo esas vintecatro mil millas de oeste a leste en exactamente 24 horas.
Fonte: TRE (133)
cambiar
EN And now, too, a voluminous cloud, which we had long watched in the regions of Hesper, floated out thence, all gorgeous in crimson and gold, and settling in peace above us, sank, day by day, lower and lower, until its edges rested upon the tops of the mountains, turning all their dimness into magnificence, and shutting us up, as if forever, within a magic prison-house of grandeur and of glory.
GL E agora tamén unha nube enorme, que viramos antes na rexión do Hesper, veu flotando desde alí. Era unha nube preciosa de cor carmesí e dourada, pousouse sobre nós e permaneceu no sitio día tras día cada vez máis baixa ata que os seus bordos descansaron no cumio das montañas, cambiando a cor tenue en esplendor, e choéndonos, coma se fose para sempre, nunha casa-prisión de grandiosidade e de gloria.
Fonte: LEO (41)
virar
EN He tried to turn and run from before it, but his legs were as lead; he was unable to lift his feet from the ground.
GL Tentou virar e escapar dela pero as pernas non lle responderon: non era quen de levantar os pés do chan.
Fonte: HAL (108)
noun
xiro
EN What we are especially concerned with is the turn it happened to take from her one afternoon when he had come to see her in honour of her birthday.
GL O que nos interesa en particular foi o xiro que casualmente lle deu unha tarde que el viñera visitala con motivo do seu aniversario.
Fonte: BES (285)
..... in turn
á súa vez
EN In turn, the public looked almost exclusively to news organizations to filter, or act as gatekeeper, for news produced by others.
GL Á súa vez, o público dependía deses órganos para que filtrasen e controlasen as noticias producidas por outros.
Fonte: C19 (482)
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