Flipping in spanish

Voltear

pronunciation: boʊlteɑɹ̩ part of speech: verb
In gestures

flip2 = dar la vuelta. 

Example: FlipPhr is a Microsoft Windows application program that rearranges (flips) phrases or other expressions in accordance with rules in a grammar = FlipPhr es una aplicación de Microsoft Windows que reordena (da la vuelta) a las frases u otras expresiones de acuerdo con las reglas de la gramática.

more:

» flip + a coin = lanzar una moneda al aire, echárselo a cara o cruz, jugárselo a cara o cruz.

Example: For example, if you flip a coin 10 times, how many times do you expect it to come up heads?.

» flip + Alguien + off = hacer un corte de mangas.

Example: Today, on my way to class to take my final exam a lady almost ran me off the road -- I got pissed, honked my horn and flipped her off.

» flip + Alguien + the bird = hacer un corte de mangas.

Example: Man moves in next door to ex-wife and puts up a statue flipping her the bird.

» flip-flop = quedar patas arriba.

Example: The following transitory government floundered and flip-flopped embarrassingly in trying to respond to the Persian Gulf crisis.

» flip out = alucinar, flipar, perder los papeles, cruzársele los cables. [Supuestamente, origen de la palabra "flipar" en español]

Example: And this is coming from someone who had to be restrained in school after flipping out and kicking a bubbler.

» flip over = dar la vuelta, voltear.

Example: If all that runny yolk is unappealing, you can quickly flip it over at the end and have a sunny side down egg.

» flip + pages = pasar hojas.

Example: This is something that doesn't work well in a book, where you have to flip pages.

» flip + Posesivo + hair = sacudirse el pelo.

Example: When he sat next to her she went on flirt mode, which is basically blinking her eyelashes a lot and flipping her hair every two seconds.

» flip + Posesivo + lid = volverse loco, volverse majareta, perder la cabeza, enloquecer.

Example: Mr James, who served 13 years of his 30-year sentence for the train robbery, said that he had come to the end of his tether and 'flipped his lid'.

» flip through/over = hojear.

Example: Had they even flipped through it a little, what would they have found?.

flipping = hojear. 

Example: Due to the difficulty of rapid 'flipping' from one frame to another, the presentation of material on the 'frames' becomes a crucial factor.
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