about-face

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. An abrupt turn to face the opposite direction.
2. (figuratively) A reversal in direction; a reversal of attitude or opinion.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To turn 180 degrees to face the opposite direction.
2. To change opinion or attitude drastically.

Conceptos

media vuelta

metamorfosis

modificación

transformacion

dar media vuelta

dar la media vuelta

cambio

darse media vuelta

Sinónimos

volte-face

about turn

conversion

alteration

shift

U-turn

change

reversal

about-turn

transformation

policy change

turn around

reform

regeneration

switch

turnabout

turnaround

complete change

make a U-turn

adaptation

adjustment

alternate

double back

flip-flop

fluctuate

metamorphosis

modification

mutable

recreation

refashioning

Traducciones

keer

⌚

dietro front

transformation

dietrofront

volte-face

voltafaccia

wisseling

omkeer

verandering

verzetting

meia-volta

cambiamento

dietro

Änderung

demi-tour

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əˈbaʊtˌfeɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

From about + face, first attested in 1861, used in the imperative in the military.