Pronúncia: turná
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verb transitiu
- to return.
- (give \ send) back.
- [canvi] to give.
- [visita] to repay, return.
- tornar la salutació a algú to return someone’s greeting.
- tornar bé per mal to return good for evil.
- fer tornar to (turn \ transform) into.
- (ídem) [seguit d’adjectiu] to turn, make, render.
- l’àcid ho torna blau the acid turns it blue. verb intransitiu
- to return (a to de from), (come \ go \ get) back.
- un bitllet d’anar i tornar a return ticket, a round-trip ticket US.
- tornar a fer una cosa to (do \ begin) something again.
- (ídem) to (do \ start) something afresh.
- tornar a plorar to start crying again.
- això no ho tornis a fer! don’t do that again!
- tornar-hi to back slide, revert to one’s old ways.
- ja hi torna! he’s at it again!
- tornar a la mateixa to hark back to a subject.
- tornar en si to come to, come round, regain consciousness.
- tornem-hi let’s do it again.
- (ídem) figuradament there you go again! verb pronominal [seguit d’adjectiu]
- to turn, become, go, get.
- tornar-se vermell to blush, redden.
- (ídem) to go red (with anger).
- (ídem) to get redhot.
- tornar-s’hi to turn (on \ against) someone, attack someone.
- em fa tornar boig it drives me mad.