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troi

verb noun
in English is:

to turn

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to revolve

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to screw

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to swing

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to turn sour

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to turn (out)

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to twist

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to stir

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to convert

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to plough

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to dig

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to till[1]

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to turn (upside down)

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to upset

Mutations

Soft:droi
Nasal:nhroi
Aspirate:throi
Phrases (38)
ar droi

going sour

chwarae’n troi’n chwerw
all end in tears
ei throi hi
to get going
troi (rhywbeth) i ffwrdd:troi (rhywbeth) bant

to extinguish

, to switch off
troi (rhywbeth) i fyny2
to turn (something) up
troi (rhywbeth) i lawr1
to turn (something) down
troi (rhywbeth) lan2
to turn (something) up
troi (rhywun) o gwmpas fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) mys bach
to turn him round my little finger
troi (rywun neu rywbeth) i lawr:fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) nhroi i lawr2
troi a throsi
to toss and turn,

to wriggle

troi allan1
to show up, to turn out
troi allan:troi (rhywun) allan:fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) nhroi allan2
[~ o (rywle)]

to evict

, to turn out
troi ar (rywun):troi arnaf fi (arnat ti, arno ef, a.y.b.)1
to turn on (someone)
troi ar (rywun):troi arnaf fi (arnat ti, arno ef, a.y.b.)2

to sicken

, to turn on (someone)
troi ar fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) sawdl:rhoi tro ar fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) sawdl
to turn on one’s heels
troi dalen newydd
to turn over a new leaf
troi efo pob awel
troi ei fol at yr haul
suck up to
troi fel cwpan mewn dŵr
turns every which way and but,

vacillate

troi fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) nghefn ar (rywun neu rywbeth)
to turn one’s back on
troi gwegil
[~ ar (rywun neu rywbeth)]
to turn one’s back
troi gyda phob gwynt
to turn with every breeze
troi heibio
to lay out (for burial)
troi i fyny1
[~ yn (rhywle)]
to turn up
troi i mewn
troi lan1
[~ yn (rhywle)]
to turn up
troi pob carreg
leave no stone unturned
troi trwyn ar
to turn one’s nose up at
troi yn fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) unfan
to turn around
troi yng ngwynt ei gilydd
troi’r cloc yn ôl
to turn back the clock
troi’r drol
to make a hash of things, to to upset the apple-cart
troi’r dŵr at fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) melin fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) hun:troi’r dŵr i fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) melin fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) hun
to turn (something) to one’s advantage
troi’r fantol
to tip the balance
troi’r gath mewn padell

to dither

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to prevaricate

troi’r stori
to change the subject
troi’r tu min at (rywun)
to catch the edge of (one’s) tongue
yn troi i’r chwith

sinistrally

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