cotitură

noun
  1. A turn or bend in a road, path, or river. noun
    The car slowed down as it approached the sharp cotitură in the road.
    The river takes a sudden cotitură just beyond the old bridge.
  2. A significant change or turning point in a situation or series of events. noun
    The discovery of the new evidence marked a cotitură in the investigation.
    His decision to move abroad was a major cotitură in his life.