turno

turno
masculine noun
1. turn, go (tanda)
  • cuando le llegue el turno hará como todos -> when it's his turn he'll do the same as everyone else
  • hacer algo por turnos -> to take turns to do something
2. shift (de trabajo)
  • trabajar por turnos -> to work shifts
  • turno de día/noche -> day/night shift
  • tiene el turno de noche -> he's on the night shift, he's on nights
  • de turno -> on duty
  • el médico de turno -> the doctor on duty
  • el gracioso de turno -> the inevitable smart alec

turno [toor’-no]
noun
1. Turn (vez, oportunidad), successive or alternate order (orden); change, vicissitude. (m)
2. Time in which sailors are employed in some particular business. (Nautical) (m)
  • Al turno -> by turns
  • Por su turno -> in one turn
  • Turno de día -> day shift
  • Trabajo de turnos -> shift working
  • Estuvo con la querida de turno -> he was with his girlfriend of the moment

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