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spin
[spɪn]
sustantivo
1giro (m) (turning movement); sesgo (m) (on ball) (on news story)
    efecto (m) ;
  • to go into a spin -> dar vueltas; (car) entrar en barrena (plane)
  • to go for a spin -> ir a dar una vuelta (in car)
  • to put spin on a ball -> dar efecto a una pelota
  • spin doctor -> asesor(ora) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) político(a) (para dar buena prensa a un partido o político)
verbo transitivo (pt span [spæn], pp spun [spʌn])
2hilar (wool, cotton)
3(wheel, top)
    (hacer) girar
  • to spin a coin -> echar a cara o cruz or cara o sello or (español de Chile, español de Colombia) águila o sol or (español de México) cara o seca (RP)
4centrifugar (spin-dry)
verbo intransitivo
5dar vueltas, girar (wheel, spinning top, dancer)
  • my head's spinning -> me da vueltas la cabeza
  • the room's spinning -> todo me da vueltas

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spin [spin]
participio pasivo
1SPUN).
2Hilar, reducir el algodón, lino, cáñamo, lana, seda, a hilo, etc. 2.
3Hacer girar (como gira una peonza).
4Hacer durar, procurar que pase el tiempo.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
5Hilar, ejercer el arte de hilar. (n)
6Correr hilo a hilo; hilar, echar filamentos viscosos las arañas o los gusanos de seda y formar con ellos telarañas o capullos. (n)
7Girar; moverse en derredor como un huso. (n)
8V. (n)
  • Spin around -> girar, dar vueltas
sustantivo
9Revolución, vuelta; paseo.
  • To go for a spin -> dar un paseo, ir a dar una vuelta
  • To put a spin on the ball -> dar efecto a la pelota (Sport)
va. (pret. SPUN, ant. SPAN, Alargar, prolongar, decir, contar, parlotear, a menudo con out. To spin out long discourses, hacer largos discursos. SPURT.

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spin [spɪn] spun (past)
noun
1 (rotating motion) vuelta; (f) revolución; (f)
the rapid spin of the wheel
to give a wheel a spin hacer girar una rueda
the croupier gave the roulette wheel a spin he gave the globe a spin to give a spin when a skater undertakes a spin, they turn very rapidly while staying in the same spot
to be in a (flat) spin (Britain) (informal) [+person] andar muy confundido
the news sent the stock market into a flat spin la noticia creó un estado de gran confusión en la bolsa
the recession has sent the luxury cars market into a flat spin Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party Margery was thrown into a flat spin by this unexpected visit. I'm going; I'm going. There's no need to go into a flat spin. It was a perfectly reasonable request to make A humiliating vote in the New Hampshire primaries hit Wall Street and pushed the London market into a flat spin shares were in a flat spin yesterday following lousy trade figures
2 (in washing machine)
give the towels another spin vuelve a centrifugar las toallas (en la lavadora); long/short spin centrifugado largo/corto; (m)
set on a cool wash and finish with a short spin
3 (Dep) (on ball) efecto; (m)
to put (a) spin on a ball dar efecto a una pelota
more recently spin has come to mean twist, as when a pitcher puts a spin on a baseball
4 (loss of control) (Aer) barrena; (f) (Aut) trompo; (m)
to go into a spin (Aer) entrar en barrena; (Aut) hacer un trompo
the car went into a spin because of ice on the road
to pull come out of a spinor (Aer) salir de barrena
Suddenly /the Auster came out of the spin/ and dived vertically into cloud /the pilot was unable to pull out of the spin/ and the plane came down in the sea
5 (Britain) (informal) (short ride) vuelta; (f) paseo; (m) garbeo; (m) (Esp) (informal)
care for a spin? We took an hour's spin around the city
to go for a spin dar una vuelta un paseo (en coche/moto etc);or darse un garbeo (en coche/moto etc); (Esp) (informal)
to [take] sb for a spin
6 (informal) (interpretation) interpretación; (f)
to put a positive spin on sth interpretar positivamente algo; dar un sesgo positivo a algo
to put a new/different/etc spin on sth He interpreted the vote as support, and that is the spin his followers are putting on results today the wholly improper political spin given to the report he didn't try to deny it. He just tried to give it a different spin by saying, `Yeah, we're still leaders, sort of, anyway' she went to talk to local reporters and give her spin of what a solution might be
verb:transitive
1 (rotate) (gen) hacer girar; [+top] hacer bailar
just spin the washing and its nearly dry You can tell if an egg is cooked or not simply by spinning it on a flat surface and watching how it moves They used thrusters on the satellite to spin it faster and stop the wobble
to spin a coin hacer girar una moneda; (to decide sth) echar una moneda a cara o cruz
he spun a coin with Lieutenant Pickersgill to decide who would command the armed guard
2 (spin-dry) [+clothes] centrifugar
3 (turn suddenly) girar
he spun the steering wheel sharply to the right giró el volante bruscamente hacia la derecha
spin the wheel to the left
to spin sth/sb round dar la vuelta a algo/algn
he spun his chair round to face me I grabbed his shoulder and spun him around he spun the car round and went after them to spin one's [head] around round Whenever she walked into a room, men stopped their conversations and spun their heads around
4 (Dep) [+ball] dar efecto a
to [spin] a ball slow bowlers who neglect to spin the ball He did not spin the ball sufficiently to trouble first-class batsmen
5 [+thread] hilar; [+web] tejer; [+cocoon] devanar; hacer
Maria spins yarn from unwashed fleece to spin a [web] spiders can take hours to spin their webs
to spin a web of lies hilar una sarta de mentiras
He spun a web of lies to live a double life with two women
to spin a yarn (informal) (in order to deceive) inventar una historia
I sit by the fire a while longer and spin a long yarn to relate in the dim future to my grandchildren Jimmy spun his yarn with histrionic relish
He turns up at his usual garage and spins them a yarn of how his car got crunched she'll probably spin them a yarn about some prince or god in the 50's he wrote it meant to deceive, as in `to spin a yarn.' Don't spin yarns to me! I know, see? He's spinning one of his yarns again
verb:intransitive
1 (rotate) girar; dar vueltas
The top continued to spin Planets spin on their orbits Small rotors can spin at 400-500 rpm The rotor blades began spinning
his wheels began to spin as he tried to get off the grass las ruedas empezaron a dar vueltas cuando intentó salir de la hierba
The car wheels spun and slipped on some oil on the road
she spun around round to face himor se dio la vuelta para tenerlo de frente
He spun around on the stool to face us Lucy spun around in her chair He spun around and headed for the door to spin round and round to spin (like a top) The pendulum was spinning like a top in my hand the movement of the dancers spinning like children's toy tops
my head is spinning me da vueltas la cabeza; it makes my head spin me marea
to make one's sb's head spin
2 (move quickly)
to spin along correr a gran velocidad
they were spinning along wide, open roads Spinning along a country road one afternoon, he caught his toe in the spokes and fell off his bicycle
the car spun out of control el coche se descontroló y empezó a dar vueltas
things rapidly spun out of control Political leaders fear the crisis touched off by the accusations has already spun out of control He drank more. His behavior began to spin more wildly out of control She was killed when her car spun out of control
to send sth/sb spinning: the blow sent him spinning el golpe le hizo rodar por el suelo; she sent the plate spinning through the air lanzó el plato a rodar por los aires
Salisbury turned his arm and wrist naturally, and the ball spun
3 [+washing machine] centrifugar
4 (with spinning wheel) hilar
The reel was designed to give the angler more control when spinning for pike and salmon
modifier
Spin class ™ (n) clase de Spinning; (f)&trade
spin doctor (informal) (n) (Pol) asesoraasesora políticoapolíticoa;a asesora (m) (f)a políticoa

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Verb Conjugation for "spin"

Imperative
  • spin
  • you spin
  • he/she spins
  • we spin
  • you spin
  • they spin
Preterite
  • I spun
  • you spun
  • he/she spun
  • we spun
  • you spun
  • they spun
Present Continuous
  • I am spinning
  • you are spinning
  • he/she is spinning
  • we are spinning
  • you are spinning
  • they are spinning
Present Perfect
  • I have spun
  • you have spun
  • he/she has spun
  • we have spun
  • you have spun
  • they have spun
Past Continuous
  • I was spinning
  • you were spinning
  • he/she was spinning
  • we were spinning
  • you were spinning
  • they were spinning
Past Perfect
  • I had spun
  • you had spun
  • he/she had spun
  • we had spun
  • you had spun
  • they had spun
Future
  • I will spin
  • you will spin
  • he/she will spin
  • we will spin
  • you will spin
  • they will spin
Future Perfect
  • I will have spun
  • you will have spun
  • he/she will have spun
  • we will have spun
  • you will have spun
  • they will have spun
Future Continuous
  • I will be spinning
  • you will be spinning
  • he/she will be spinning
  • we will be spinning
  • you will be spinning
  • they will be spinning
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been spinning
  • you have been spinning
  • he/she has been spinning
  • we have been spinning
  • you have been spinning
  • they have been spinning
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been spinning
  • you will have been spinning
  • he/she will have been spinning
  • we will have been spinning
  • you will have been spinning
  • they will have been spinning
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been spinning
  • you had been spinning
  • he/she had been spinning
  • we had been spinning
  • you had been spinning
  • they had been spinning
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to beat; to overcome, to surpass, to overtake