girar

From Latin gȳrāre, present active infinitive of gȳrō. Cognate with Spanish girar, yirar, English gyrate, Italian girare, Occitan girar.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

1. to turn
2. (obsolete) to translate

• “girar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

girar

1. to dance

From Latin gȳrāre, present active infinitive of gȳrō.

girar

1. to turn

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)
3. inflection of girar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• virar, rotar, rotacionar, rodar

From Latin gȳrāre, present active infinitive of gȳrō, 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.

• IPA^(key): /xiˈɾaɾ/ [xiˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gi‧rar

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.

• giro

• → Tagalog: hira

• doblar

• “girar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

girar

1. present tense of gira.