New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: burn into · turn on to · run into · tuck into · turn in · turn to · burst into · bump into · butt into · buy into

turn into

1 (v + prep) sth is transformed TRANSITIVEthe prince was turned into a frog rinneadh frog den phrionsa, iompaíodh an prionsa ina fhrog, tiontaíodh an prionsa ina fhrogto turn water into wine uisce a athrú ina fhíon, fíon a dhéanamh d'uiscehe's turning the book into a film tá sé ag déanamh scannáin as an leabhar 2 (v + prep) sth becomes sth else TRANSITIVEthe vapour turns into droplets of water athraíonn an ghal ina bhraoiníní uisce, déantar braoiníní uisce den ghalthe disappointment turned into anger thiontaigh an díomá ina fearg, rinneadh fearg den díomá, tháinig fearg as an díomáhe's turned into a laughing stock tá sé ina cheap magaidh anois → see turn

Phrases and Examples in other entries

blubber »

I'm turning into blubber tá mé ag titim chun feola
bogeyman »

the media turned him into a bogeyman rinne na meáin babhdán de
cripple »

healthy companies have turned into cripples tá comhlachtaí fónta scriosta
drama »

to turn a drama into a crisis (also to make a drama out of a crisis) drochscéal a dhéanamh níos measa, sluasaid a chur faoi chac gé informalof course he had to turn a drama into a crisis fág aige é le sluasaid a chur faoi chac gé
dream »

they turned their dreams into reality d'fhíoraigh siad a gcuid aislingí
green-eyed monster »

I turned into a green-eyed monster when I saw her new car bhí mé ite ag an éad nuair a chonaic mé a carr nua
into »

the heavy rain turned the camp into a lake rinne an bháisteach throm loch den champa
laughing stock »

to make a laughing stock of sb (also to make sb a laughing stock, to turn sb into a laughing stock) ceap magaidh a dhéanamh de dhuine, ábhar magaidh a dhéanamh de dhuine, eala mhagaidh a dhéanamh de dhuine
marathon »

the meeting turned into a real marathon chuaigh an cruinniú ar aghaidh an-fhada go deo
pillar »

he was turned into a pillar of salt rinneadh gallán salainn de
pluck »

she plucks them from obscurity and turns them into stars ní bhíonn aithne ná eolas orthu ach déanann sí réaltaí díobh
quagmire »

the road was turned into a quagmire rinneadh greallach den bhóthar
reality »

they turned the plan into a reality chuir siad an plean i bhfeidhm, chuir siad beart le briathar familiar
saga »

it's turning into a real saga tá sé ina scéal fada ar an anró anois
sword »

to beat swords into ploughshares (also to turn swords into ploughshares) na claimhte a thiontú ina soic chéachta
turn »

the van turned into the slow lane chas an veain isteach sa lána mall
turn out »

he turned them out into the rain chaith sé amach sa bháisteach iad
turn out »

the drunk was turned out into the street caitheadh an druncaeir amach ar an tsráid, caitheadh an pótaire amach ar thaobh na sráide
vision »

we want to turn that vision into reality ba mhaith linn an fhís sin a fhíorú
wasteland »

the war turned it into a wasteland rinneadh scrios air le linn an chogaidh, scrios an cogadh ar fad é

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