| Principal Translations |
| turn away vi phrasal | (face opposite way) | darse la vuelta loc verb |
| | | apartarse⇒ v prnl |
| | Vicky turned away and counted to fifty while the rest of us hid. |
| | Vicky se dio vuelta y contó hasta cincuenta mientras los otros se escondían. |
| turn away from [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | (face opposite way) | alejarse de v prnl + prep |
| | | apartarse de v prnl + prep |
| | Jane turned away from Peter after she told him to go to hell. |
| | Jane se alejó de Pedro después de que él la mandara al diablo. |
| turn away from [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (move further from [sth], [sb]) | abandonar⇒ vtr |
| | | dejar⇒ vtr |
| | I turned away from the town and set my eyes on new horizons. |
| | Abandoné el pueblo y fijé mis ojos en nuevos horizontes. |
| turn away vi phrasal | (avert your gaze) | apartar la vista loc verb |
| | | mirar hacia otro lado loc verb |
| | Kiera turned away whenever there was a violent scene in the movie. |
| | Kiera apartaba la vista cada vez que había una escena de violencia en la película. |
| turn away from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (avert your gaze from [sth]) | apartar la mirada de loc verb |
| | Witnesses had to turn away from the grisly sight. |
| | Los testigos tuvieron que apartar la mirada de la espeluznante escena. |
| turn away from doing [sth] v expr | figurative (avoid involvement) | evitar⇒ vtr |
| | | negarse a v prnl + prep |
| | He turns away from dealing with beggars. |
| | Evita tratar con mendigos. |
| turn away from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (reject) | dar la espalda a loc verb |
| | Don't turn away from my love. |
| | You must turn away from a life of crime if you want to stay out of jail. |
| | No le des la espalda a mi amor. // Debes darle la espalda a una vida criminal si no quieres estar en la cárcel. |
| turn [sth] away from [sth] vtr + prep | (cause to move away) | apartar de, alejar de vtr + prep |
| | It was hard to turn the cattle away from the broken fence. |
| | Fue difícil apartar el ganado de la cerca rota. |
| turn [sb] away vtr + adv | (deny entry) | prohibir la entrada a loc verb |
| | Turn them away at the gate. |
| | Prohíbeles la entrada en la puerta. |