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Meaning of tornar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
toɾˈnaɾ

Definitions

  1. (to do something) again; to return to
    catenative
  2. to turn
    transitive
  3. to turn back
    transitive
  4. to drive away
    transitive
  5. to be repugnant, to be disgusting
    intransitive
  6. to return
    intransitive
  7. to change; to transform; to become
    intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Acaba se por fin a noit'escura E o día torna a vir”

The dark night finally ends And the day comes again

“é ó mesmo que tornar os paxaros de un tarreo para que non coman ó grao, é deixar ó mesmo tempo portelos abertos para que ó coman os porcos”

it is the same as driving away the birds from a terrain so that they don't eat the grain, and then leaving the gates open for the pigs to do it

“Ese caldo torna! Está podre!”

That broth is disgusting! It's spoiled!

“Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento”

for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, kneaded and cooked and stirred till it becomes thick as an ointment

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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