turno

See also: turnó

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tourner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.no/
• Rhymes: -urno
• Hyphenation: tùr‧no

Noun

turno m (plural turni)

1. turn
2. shift
3. duty, guard

   di turno ― on duty

Related terms

• a turno
• di turno
• turnazione
• turnista

Anagrams

• nutro

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish turno, from turnar, from French tourner.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtuʁ.nu/ [ˈtuɦ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtuʁ.nu/ [ˈtuɦ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtuʁ.nu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈtuɻ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtuʁ.no/ [ˈtuɦ.no]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾ.nu/

• Hyphenation: tur‧no

Noun

turno m (plural turnos)

1. shift (change of workers)

Further reading

• “turno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “turno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾno/ [ˈt̪uɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -uɾno
• Syllabification: tur‧no

Etymology 1

Deverbal from turnar.

Noun

turno m (plural turnos)

1. turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)

   Synonym: (Spain) vez

2. turn (chance to make a move in a game)
3. shift (set group of workers or period of working time)
4. duty, guard

   de turno ― on duty

5. emergency service
6. (Argentina) appointment

   Synonym: nombramiento

Derived terms

• de turno

Etymology 2

Verb

turno

1. first-person singular present indicative of turnar

Further reading

• “turno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025