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spin1

spun, spun /spɪn/ [spinning]

Translation

v [t, i]
girar
dar vueltas
When you skate it is difficult to spin and stay in one place
Al patinar, es difícil dar vueltas sobre un mismo eje
hacer dar vueltas
hacer girar
Spin the bottle
Haz girar la botella
hilar
She worked in a factory spinning cloth
Trabajaba en una fábrica hilando tejidos
(un balón)
tirar con efecto
to spin a yarn
contar una historia poco creíble
to spin around to spin sth out [m]
(Definition of spin v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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