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об- (ob-) +‎ верну́ть (vernútʹ)

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оберну́ть (obernútʹpf (imperfective обёртывать or обора́чивать)

  1. to wrap up
    оберну́ть кни́гуobernútʹ kníguto put a paper cover on a book
  2. to wind (around), to wrap (around)
    оберну́ть вокру́г па́льцаobernútʹ vokrúg pálʹca≈ to coax someone into doing what one likes, twist someone around one's little finger
  3. to turn
    Synonym: (low colloquial) обороти́ть (oborotítʹ)
    оберну́ть лицо́ (к)obernútʹ licó (k)to turn one's face (towards)
    оберну́ть всё в свою́ по́льзуobernútʹ vsjo v svojú pólʹzuto turn everything to one's profit
    оберну́ть всё в шу́ткуobernútʹ vsjo v šútkuto turn everything into a joke
  4. to turn over, to overturn
    Synonym: (low colloquial) обороти́ть (oborotítʹ)
  5. (colloquial) to arrange, to get done
  6. (folklore) to turn (into)
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