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How to Say "they turn" in Spanish

The Spanish word forthey turnis vuelvenB2 level.

English → SpanishB2
verbB2
to flip or rotate something
Two cartoon hands positioned next to each other, actively flipping a golden brown pancake high in the air above a large, dark skillet.

Examples

Los cocineros vuelven las tortillas en la sartén.

The cooks flip the tortillas in the pan.

Vuelven los ojos hacia el cielo, buscando la estrella fugaz.

They turn their eyes toward the sky, looking for the shooting star.

Transitive Use

In this sense, 'vuelven' acts on an object (like a tortilla or a page). They turn something.

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