The Italian word for to turn is
svoltare
Italian Definition
| turn | |
| 1. sost. svolta | |
| 2. sost. curva | |
| 3. verb. girare |
Translations for turn and their definitions
| virare | ||
| 1. v. (intransitive) to veer, turn away | ||
| 2. v. (intransitive, nautical) to come about, change course; to tack | ||
| 3. v. (intransitive) to bank (an aircraft) | ||
| giro | ||
| 1. n. turn, twist, rotation, revolution | ||
| 2. n. detour | ||
| 3. n. lap (of a race) | ||
| 4. n. tour, trip, stroll | ||
| 5. n. (in the plural) rounds (of a postman etc) | ||
| 6. n. period, space, course, time, run | ||
| 7. n. ring (illicit) | ||
| 8. n. turn, round | ||
| 9. n. circulation (of money) | ||
| 10. n. row (of knitting) | ||
| 11. v. first-person singular present indicative of girare | ||
| girare | ||
| 1. v. to turn, stir, wind | ||
| 2. v. to tour, travel, go round | ||
| 3. v. to pass | ||
| 4. v. to endorse, transfer | ||
| 5. v. (transitive, cinema) to shoot, film, act in | ||
| 6. v. (intransitive) to turn, spin, revolve, run | ||
| 7. v. (intransitive) to be on the go, ramble, roam, wander, go around | ||
| turno | ||
| 1. n. turn | ||
| 2. n. shift | ||
| 3. n. duty, guard | ||
| di turno - on duty | ||
| giravolta | ||
| 1. n. spin, turn, twirl | ||
| 2. n. U-turn | ||
| 3. n. sharp bend in a road | ||
| 4. n. about turn | ||
| 5. n. turncoat | ||
| virata | ||
| 1. n. turn | ||
| 2. n. change of course | ||
| 3. n. bank (of an aircraft) | ||
| 4. Participle. feminine singular of virato | ||
| ruotare | ||
| 1. v. (intransitive) To revolve | ||
| 2. v. To wheel | ||
| svoltare |  | ||
| 1. v. (intransitive) To turn | |||
| piroetta | ||
| 1. n. pirouette | ||
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of piroettare | ||
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of piroettare | ||
| sterzata | ||
| 1. n. turn (of a steering wheel) | ||
| 2. n. swerve | ||
| svolta | ||
| 1. n. turn; curve | ||
| 2. n. (figurative) turning point | ||
| Potrebbe essere la svolta. - It could be the turning point. | ||
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of svoltare | ||
| 4. v. second-person singular imperative of svoltare | ||
| periodo | ||
| 1. n. period, time, span, run | ||
| 2. n. moment | ||
| 3. n. age, epoch | ||
| 4. n. season | ||
| divenire | ||
| 1. v. (intransitive) to become | ||
| 2. n. becoming | ||
| spira | ||
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of spirare | ||
| 2. v. second-person singular imperative of spirare | ||
| 3. n. coil | ||
| 4. n. curl (of smoke etc) | ||
| tipo | ||
| 1. adj. standard, model, average, stock | ||
| 2. adv. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty; like, kinda | ||
| C'erano, tipo, venti persone. - There were, like, twenty people. | ||
| 3. n-m. type, standard, pattern | ||
| 4. n-m. type, kind, sort, quality, model, style | ||
| 5. n-m. (familiar) type, person, fellow, guy, bloke, character, chap, turn | ||
| 6. n-m. phylum (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class | ||
| completare | ||
| 1. v. to finish, complete, conclude | ||
| 2. v. to see through | ||
| 3. v. to wrap up | ||
| cambiamento | ||
| 1. n. A change or shift. | ||
| 2. n. A turn | ||
| lasso | ||
| 1. adj. tired, weary, fatigued, weak | ||
| 2. adj. miserable, unhappy, bleak | ||
| 3. adj. lax, loose | ||
| 4. adj. (figuratively) lax, lenient, permissive | ||
| 5. n. (only in the locution lasso di tempo) flow, passage, period (of time) | ||
| Questa procedura richiede un certo lasso di tempo. - This procedure takes a period of time. | ||
| 6. n. lasso | ||
| diventare | ||
| 1. v. (intransitive) to become, go | ||
| 2. v. (intransitive) to grow | ||
| spirale | ||
| 1. n. spiral | ||
| 2. n. coil | ||
| 3. n. wreath | ||
| compiere | ||
| 1. v. to finish, to complete | ||
| 2. v. to turn | ||
| compiono tredici anni oggi - they turn thirteen years old today | ||
| mutamento | ||
| 1. n. A change, variation, alteration or shift. | ||
| variazione | ||
| 1. n. variation (all senses) | ||
| 2. n. change | ||
| lasso di tempo | ||
| 1. n. A period of time; interval | ||
| china | ||
| 1. adj. feminine singular of adjective chino | ||
| 2. n. slope, decline, descent | ||
| 3. n. cinchona (tree) | ||
| 4. n. Indian ink | ||
| 5. v. third-person singular present of chinare | ||
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of chinare | ||
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