It wasn't my lucky day. First, I got a parking ticket and then things went from bad to worse when I got pulled over for making a U-turn.
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U-turn
Synonyms for "u-turn" (16 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (4)
Verb(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (8)
Noun(4 words)
Verb(4 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 25 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- canvi de sentit noun (semi-circular turn)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 掉頭 /掉头 noun (semi-circular turn)
- 調頭 /调头 noun (semi-circular turn)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- U轉 /U转 noun (semi-circular turn)
- 大轉彎 /大转弯 noun (reversal of policy)
- 掉頭 /掉头 noun (semi-circular turn)
- 調頭 /调头 noun (semi-circular turn)
Czech
2 entries- obrat o 180 stupňů noun (semi-circular turn)
- obrat o 180 stupňů noun (reversal of policy)
Danish
2 entries- U-vending noun (semi-circular turn)
- U-vending noun (reversal of policy)
Dutch
1 entries- U-bocht noun (semi-circular turn)
Faroese
1 entries- U-sving noun (semi-circular turn)
Finnish
1 entries- U-käännös noun (semi-circular turn)
French
4 entries- demi-tour noun (semi-circular turn)
- demi-tour noun (reversal of policy)
- marche arrière noun (reversal of policy)
- retournement noun (semi-circular turn)
Georgian
1 entries- 180-იანი ბრუნი noun (semi-circular turn)
German
4 entries- 180-Grad-Drehung noun (reversal of policy)
- 180-Grad-Wende noun (reversal of policy)
- Fahrtrichtungswechsel noun (semi-circular turn)
- Hundertachtziggraddrehung noun (reversal of policy)
Icelandic
1 entries- U-beygja noun (semi-circular turn)
Japanese
1 entries- Ｕターン noun (semi-circular turn)
Korean
1 entries- 유턴 noun (semi-circular turn)
Macedonian
1 entries- полукру́жно сврту́вање noun (semi-circular turn)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- U-sving noun (semi-circular turn)
- U-sving noun (reversal of policy)
- u-sving noun (semi-circular turn)
- u-sving noun (reversal of policy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- U-sving noun (semi-circular turn)
- U-sving noun (reversal of policy)
- u-sving noun (semi-circular turn)
- u-sving noun (reversal of policy)
Portuguese
2 entries- retorno noun (semi-circular turn)
- reviravolta noun (reversal of policy)
Russian
2 entries- поворо́т круго́м noun (semi-circular turn)
- разворо́т noun (semi-circular turn)
Spanish
3 entries- cambio de sentido noun (semi-circular turn)
- viraje / giro / giramiento en U noun (semi-circular turn)
- vuelta / virada / girada en U noun (semi-circular turn)
Swedish
2 entries- U-sväng noun (semi-circular turn)
- U-sväng noun (reversal of policy)
Tagalog
2 entries- U-liko noun (semi-circular turn)
- likong pabalik noun (semi-circular turn)
Turkish
1 entries- U-dönüşü noun (semi-circular turn)
Vietnamese
3 entries- chạy vòng ngược verb (to turn a vehicle in a semicircle)
- quay ngược verb (to turn a vehicle in a semicircle)
- đi vòng ngược verb (to turn a vehicle in a semicircle)
Welsh
2 entries- tro pedol noun (semi-circular turn)
- tro yn ôl noun (semi-circular turn)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
No U-turn!
Source: tatoeba (1065226)
Even though there was a no U-turn sign, I made a U-turn.
Source: tatoeba (1065366)
I was lucky that the policeman didn't give me a ticket for making a U-turn at an intersection that had a no U-turn sign.
Source: tatoeba (1065370)
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