spot
/spɒt/ noun [C]Translation
ROUND MARK › a small, round mark which is a different colour to the surface it is on
benek, nokta, leke
a blue shirt with white spots I noticed a small spot of oil on my jacket.8431331SKIN UK ( US pimple) › an unpleasant, small, red mark on your skin
leke, sivilce, ben
He suffered badly with spots as a teenager.592PLACE › a place
yer, mahal
We found a good spot to sit and have our picnic. The town is a popular tourist spot.1683 a spot of sth UK old-fashioned › a small amount of something
azıcık, biraz
a spot of lunch/shopping1813 on the spot › immediately
derhal, hemencecik, şipşak
I accepted the job on the spot.1582 › in the place where something happens yerinde, mahallinde, oracıkta
The police were called and they were on the spot within three minutes.1683have a soft spot for sb › to like someone a lot
...a/e düşkün olmak/zaafı olmak; çok hoşlanmak
I've always had a soft spot for her.940put sb on the spot › to ask someone a question which is difficult or embarrassing to answer at that time
→ See also beauty spot → See also blind spotköşeye sıkıştırmak, zora sokmak, zor durumda bırakmak
1017(Definition of spot noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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