girar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gȳrāre. Cognate with Spanish girar, yirar, English gyrate, Italian girare, Occitan girar.

Pronunciation

Verb

girar (first-person singular present giro, first-person singular preterite girí, past participle girat)

  1. to turn
  2. (obsolete) to translate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Kala Lagaw Ya

Verb

girar

  1. to dance

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin gȳrāre.

Verb

girar

  1. to turn

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin gȳrāre.

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)

  1. (intransitive) to turn; to rotate (change one’s own orientation)
  2. (transitive) to turn; to rotate (change the orientation of something)

Conjugation

Synonyms

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)

  1. to turn, pivot
    Gira a la izquierda.
    Turn to the left.
  2. to spin, rotate, revolve, twirl, gyrate
    La tierra gira alrededor del sol.
    The earth revolves around the sun.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tagalog: hira

See also

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

girar

  1. indefinite plural of gir

Verb

girar

  1. present indicative of gira
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