girar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin gȳrāre. Cognate with Spanish girar, yirar, English gyrate, Italian girare, Occitan girar.
Verb
girar (first-person singular present giro, first-person singular preterite girí, past participle girat)
Conjugation
infinitive | girar | ||||||
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gerund | girant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | girat | girada | |||||
plural | girats | girades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | giro | gires | gira | girem | gireu | giren | |
imperfect | girava | giraves | girava | giràvem | giràveu | giraven | |
future | giraré | giraràs | girarà | girarem | girareu | giraran | |
preterite | girí | girares | girà | giràrem | giràreu | giraren | |
conditional | giraria | giraries | giraria | giraríem | giraríeu | girarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | giri | giris | giri | girem | gireu | girin | |
imperfect | girés | giressis | girés | giréssim | giréssiu | giressin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | gira | giri | girem | gireu | girin | |
negative (no) | — | no giris | no giri | no girem | no gireu | no girin |
Derived terms
- capgirar
- caragirat
- gira
- gira-sol
- giracamises
- girada
- giradís
- girador
- girament
- giratori
- giravolt
- girell
- girientorn
- regirar
Further reading
- “girar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Kala Lagaw Ya
Occitan
Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | girar | aver girat | |||||
gerund | girant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | girat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | giri | giras | gira | giram | giratz | giran | |
imperfect | giravi | giravas | girava | giràvem | giràvetz | giravan | |
preterite | girèri | girères | girèt | girèrem | girèretz | girèron | |
future | girarai | giraràs | girarà | girarem | giraretz | giraràn | |
conditional | girariái | girariás | girariá | girariam | girariatz | girarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | girèra | girèras | girèra | gireram | gireratz | girèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | gire | gires | gire | girem | giretz | giren | |
imperfect | girèssi | girèsses | girèsse | girèssem | girèssetz | girèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
gira | girem | giratz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | girar | aver girat | |||||
gerund | girant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | girat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | gire | gires | gira | giram | giratz | giron | |
imperfect | girave | giraves | girava | giraviam | giraviatz | giravon | |
preterite | girere | gireres | giret | girem | giretz | gireron | |
future | girarai | giraràs | girará | girarem | giraretz | girarán | |
conditional | girariá | girariás | girariá | girariam | girariatz | girarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | girèra | girèras | girèra | gireram | gireratz | girèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | gire | gires | gire | girassiam | girassiatz | giron | |
imperfect | giresse | giresses | giresse | giressiam | giressiatz | giresson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
gira | girassiam | giratz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | girar | aver girat | |||||
gerund | girant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | girat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | giri | giras | gira | giram | giratz | giran | |
imperfect | giravi | giravas | girava | giràvam | giràvatz | giravan | |
preterite | girèi | girès | girè | girèm | girètz | girèn | |
future | girarèi | giraràs | girarà | giraram | giraratz | giraràn | |
conditional | girarí | girarés | giraré | girarem | giraretz | girarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | girèra | girèras | girèra | gireram | gireratz | girèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | giri | gires | gire | girem | giretz | giren | |
imperfect | girèssi | girèsses | girèsse | girèssem | girèssetz | girèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
gira | girem | giratz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | girar | aver girat | |||||
gerund | girant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | girat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | gire | giras | gira | giram | giratz | giran | |
imperfect | girava | giravas | girava | giràvam | giràvatz | giravan | |
preterite | girei | gireras | giret | girèram | girèratz | gireran | |
future | girarai | giraràs | girará | girarem | giraretz | girarán | |
conditional | girariá | girariàs | girariá | girariam | girariatz | girarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | girèra | girèras | girèra | gireram | gireratz | girèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | gire | gires | gire | girem | giretz | giren | |
imperfect | girèsse | girèsses | girèsse | girèssem | girèssetz | girèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
gira | girem | giratz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | girar | aver girat | |||||
gerund | girant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | girat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | gire | gires | gira | giram | giratz | giran | |
imperfect | giravi | giravas | girava | giràvem | giràvetz | giravan | |
preterite | girère | girères | girèt | gireriam | gireriatz | girèron | |
future | girarai | giraràs | girarà | girarem | giraretz | giraràn | |
conditional | girariáu | girariás | girariá | girariam | girariatz | girarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | girèra | girèras | girèra | gireram | gireratz | girèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | gire | gires | gire | girem | giretz | giran | |
imperfect | girèsse | girèsses | girèsse | giressiam | giressiatz | girèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
gira | girem | giratz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒiˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ʒiˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʒiˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒiˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ʒiˈɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒiˈɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒiˈɾaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒiˈɾa.ɾi/
Verb
girar (first-person singular present giro, first-person singular preterite girei, past participle girado)
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | girar | |||||
Personal | girar | girares | girar | girarmos | girardes | girarem |
Gerund | ||||||
girando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | girado | girados | ||||
Feminine | girada | giradas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | giro | giras | gira | giramos | girais | giram |
Imperfect | girava | giravas | girava | girávamos | giráveis | giravam |
Preterite | girei | giraste | girou | giramos1, girámos2 | girastes | giraram |
Pluperfect | girara | giraras | girara | giráramos | giráreis | giraram |
Future | girarei | girarás | girará | giraremos | girareis | girarão |
Conditional | giraria | girarias | giraria | giraríamos | giraríeis | girariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | gire | gires | gire | giremos | gireis | girem |
Imperfect | girasse | girasses | girasse | girássemos | girásseis | girassem |
Future | girar | girares | girar | girarmos | girardes | girarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | gira | gire | giremos | girai | girem | |
Negative (não) | não gires | não gire | não giremos | não gireis | não girem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin gȳrāre, from Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of yirar. Compare with French gyrer, Galician xirar, Portuguese girar, Italian girare. Compare also English gyrate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xiˈɾaɾ/ [xiˈɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: gi‧rar
Verb
girar (first-person singular present giro, first-person singular preterite giré, past participle girado)
Conjugation
infinitive | girar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | girando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | girado | girada | |||||
plural | girados | giradas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | giro | girastú girásvos |
gira | giramos | giráis | giran | |
imperfect | giraba | girabas | giraba | girábamos | girabais | giraban | |
preterite | giré | giraste | giró | giramos | girasteis | giraron | |
future | giraré | girarás | girará | giraremos | giraréis | girarán | |
conditional | giraría | girarías | giraría | giraríamos | giraríais | girarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | gire | girestú girésvos2 |
gire | giremos | giréis | giren | |
imperfect (ra) |
girara | giraras | girara | giráramos | girarais | giraran | |
imperfect (se) |
girase | girases | girase | girásemos | giraseis | girasen | |
future1 | girare | girares | girare | giráremos | girareis | giraren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | giratú girávos |
gire | giremos | girad | giren | ||
negative | no gires | no gire | no giremos | no giréis | no giren |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive girar | |||||||
dative | girarme | girarte | girarle, girarse | girarnos | giraros | girarles, girarse | |
accusative | girarme | girarte | girarlo, girarla, girarse | girarnos | giraros | girarlos, girarlas, girarse | |
with gerund girando | |||||||
dative | girándome | girándote | girándole, girándose | girándonos | girándoos | girándoles, girándose | |
accusative | girándome | girándote | girándolo, girándola, girándose | girándonos | girándoos | girándolos, girándolas, girándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative gira | |||||||
dative | gírame | gírate | gírale | gíranos | not used | gírales | |
accusative | gírame | gírate | gíralo, gírala | gíranos | not used | gíralos, gíralas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative girá | |||||||
dative | girame | girate | girale | giranos | not used | girales | |
accusative | girame | girate | giralo, girala | giranos | not used | giralos, giralas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative gire | |||||||
dative | gíreme | not used | gírele, gírese | gírenos | not used | gíreles | |
accusative | gíreme | not used | gírelo, gírela, gírese | gírenos | not used | gírelos, gírelas | |
with first-person plural imperative giremos | |||||||
dative | not used | girémoste | girémosle | girémonos | girémoos | girémosles | |
accusative | not used | girémoste | girémoslo, girémosla | girémonos | girémoos | girémoslos, girémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative girad | |||||||
dative | giradme | not used | giradle | giradnos | giraos | giradles | |
accusative | giradme | not used | giradlo, giradla | giradnos | giraos | giradlos, giradlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative giren | |||||||
dative | gírenme | not used | gírenle | gírennos | not used | gírenles, gírense | |
accusative | gírenme | not used | gírenlo, gírenla | gírennos | not used | gírenlos, gírenlas, gírense |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: hira
See also
Further reading
- “girar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014