English-Spanish translations for spin

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vueltaNo deberíamos estar dando tantas vueltas y haciendo como que sí podemos ayudarles. We should not be spinning and pretending otherwise. Los países poscomunistas han sufrido tantos cambios y transformaciones en tan poco tiempo que la cabeza todavía nos da vueltas. The post-Communist countries have experienced so many changes and transformations over a short space of time that our heads are still spinning.
barrena
dar vueltas
dorar la píldora
endulzar

giroTodo ello constituye una historia lamentable, señor Comisario, y no puede usted darle un giro positivo. It all adds up to a sorry story, Commissioner, and you cannot put a positive spin on it. El que está al timón no debería girarlo bruscamente de un lado a otro sino ajustar el rumbo con pequeños giros, bien medidos. At the helm you should not spin the wheel widely from side-to-side, but adjust the course with small, but well-measured turns.
pinchar
pintar bonito
rotar
sesgo positivo

To rotate, revolve, gyrate ; to partially or completely rotate to face another direction
To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance
To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch
To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet
To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true
To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class
Rapid circular motion
A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment
Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces
A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure
A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments
A single play of a record by a radio station
A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles
Unmarried woman, spinster
The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class

I spun myself around a few times.
Spin the ball on the floor.
She spun around and gave him a big smile.
They spin the cotton into thread.
to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
Blood spins from a vein.
The car went into a spin
The skaters demonstrated their spins
He put some spin on the cue ball.
Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.
The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
Im off out for a spin in my new sports car.

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