rotate

girar, hacer girar

Mover algo de modo que dé vueltas alrededor de un punto central.

En inglés sencillo: To turn something around a central point.

• Rotate the handle to open the door.
• She rotated the picture until it was upright.
• Can you rotate the screen a little?

Cómo se usa: rotate something by an angle (Rotate the image by ninety degrees.)

Sinónimos: turn, spin

Expresiones frecuentes: rotate the image, rotate something clockwise, rotate the handle

girar, rotar

Moverse en círculo alrededor de un punto central o de un eje.

En inglés sencillo: To move in a circle around a central point or line.

• The wheel rotates slowly.
• The fan blades rotated above our heads.
• How long does this planet take to rotate once?

Cómo se usa: rotate on/about an axis (The Earth rotates on its axis.)

Sinónimos: turn, spin, revolve

Expresiones frecuentes: rotate slowly, rotate on something, rotate clockwise

rotar, alternar

Cambiar de tareas, puestos o funciones siguiendo un orden regular para que personas o cosas se alternen.

En inglés sencillo: To change jobs, positions, or tasks in a regular order so that people or things take turns.

• We rotate jobs every week.
• The nurses rotated between day and night shifts.
• Farmers rotate crops to keep the soil healthy.

Cómo se usa: rotate between/among things (The trainees rotate between three departments.); rotate something among people (We rotate cleaning duties among all team members.)

Sinónimos: alternate, take turns

Expresiones frecuentes: rotate duties, rotate crops, rotate between jobs

levantar el morro, rotar

Elevar la parte delantera de un avión durante el despegue, justo antes de que deje el suelo.

En inglés sencillo: To raise an aircraft's front end during takeoff, just before it leaves the ground.

• The aircraft began to rotate.
• The pilot rotated too early during takeoff.
• At the correct speed, rotate gently and lift off.

Expresiones frecuentes: rotate for takeoff, rotate at speed

rotáceo

Con forma de rueda y partes que se extienden desde el centro hacia fuera.

En inglés sencillo: Shaped like a wheel, with parts spreading outward from the center.

• The flower has a rotate corolla.
• Its rotate corolla spreads flat around the center.
• The botanist compared two plants with rotate flowers.

Sinónimos: wheel-shaped

Expresiones frecuentes: rotate corolla, rotate flower, rotate shape