English-Italian translations for turn on

accendere
A mio avviso le alluvioni sono un fenomeno ambientale tra i più prorompenti. Basta accendere la televisione e si capisce subito che ormai si verificano con sempre maggiore frequenza. I believe that floods are truly a major environmental issue; we need only turn on our television sets to realise that they are happening more and more frequently. Quanto alla pubblicità delle specialità farmaceutiche, basta accendere il televisore per assistere alla sfilata indisturbata di un farmaco dopo l'altro davanti ad adulti, bambini, giovani... As for the advertising of drugs, you turn on the television and see one drug after another being paraded in campaigns addressed at adults, minors, children and so on.
aprire

To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc
To start operating; to power up, to become on.
To fill with enthusiasm; to intoxicate, give pleasure to .
To sexually arouse.
To violently rebel against; to suddenly attack .
To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject .

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