virar

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to turn (to change one's direction of travel)
2. (intransitive) to tack
3. (transitive) to turn (to change the direction or orientation of)
4. (transitive) to tone

Concepts

turn

Synonyms

girar

tombar

voltejar

girar-se

tombar-se

fer giravolts

Translations

girar

virar

حول

دار

رجع

غير

قلب

لفّ

استدار

حرك

لوى

قدم خدمة

حام حول

تخلص من

drehen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[biˈɾa]

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: virare

Cognate with French: virer

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *virāre, probably from Latin vibrāre (in which case it is a doublet of vibrar). Other possibilities include an alteration of gȳrō (source of the synonym girar) or a derivation from Gaulish *viru (“to deviate, veer off”), itself derived from viros (“round, crooked”). Compare Italian virare, French virer.