turn over

• Verbo compuesto que se usa para indicar la acción de dar la vuelta a algo de modo que quede boca abajo o la otra cara hacia arriba, o bien para transferir la posesión o la responsabilidad a otra persona.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of rotating something so that the other side is facing up, or transferring possession or responsibility to someone else.

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Rotate or flipformal

   To cause something to rotate so that the other side is facing up or forward.

   voltear, dar la vuelta

   • Please turn over the page to continue reading.
   • He turned over the pancake with a spatula.
   • She turned over the card to see its value.

   Sinónimosflipinvertoverturnreverseupend

2. Transfer or hand overformal

   To give control or possession of something to someone else.

   Entregar

   • The company was turned over to new management.
   • He turned over the keys to the new owner.
   • She turned over the evidence to the police.

   Sinónimoscedeconveydelivergivehand overpass onrelinquishsurrendertransferyield

   Antónimoskeepretain

3. Change position in bedinformal

   To move your body so that you are lying on your other side.

   Darse la vuelta en la cama

   • I couldn't sleep and kept turning over all night.
   • He turned over and pulled the blanket up.
   • She turned over to face the window.

   Sinónimosroll overturn

4. Start an engineinformal

   To cause an engine to start running.

   poner en marcha (un motor)

   • He turned over the engine and it roared to life.
   • The car wouldn't turn over this morning.
   • She turned over the motor and drove away.

   Sinónimoscrankfire upstartstart up

Verbo baseturn