What Dar La Vuelta a La Tortilla Means in Spanish
Dar la vuelta a la tortilla is one of the several Spanish idiomatic expression with food and literally it can be translated as “to turn the omelette around“.
Its meaning is “to turn a situation around” and normally it is used when a negative situation is changed in a positive one, so it is similar to the English expression “to turn the tables“.
Let’s see how to use it with some examples:
| Spanish | English |
| Necesitamos dar la vuelta a la tortilla para ganar. | We need to turn the tables to win. |
| Su intención será dar la vuelta a la tortilla, atacar en lugar de defender. | They want to turn the situation around and attack instead of defending. |
| Creo que hemos dado la vuelta a la tortilla en algunos aspectos. | I think we’ve been able to overturn that in some respects. |
Do you know any other expression with a similar meaning?
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