virare

1. (transitive) to turn, to rotate (the winch, in order to pull up the anchor)
2. (transitive) to turn, to rotate (a ship, a plane)
3. (intransitive) to veer, turn away
4. (intransitive) to come about, change course; to tack
5. (intransitive) to bank (of an aircraft)
6. (intransitive) to turn (a particular color) [with a]
7. (intransitive) to vary in color (of paint)
8. (intransitive) to chemically replace silver granules with colored ones

Hyphenated as

vi‧rà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/viˈra.re/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French virer, possibly from Vulgar Latin *virāre, perhaps a cross between Latin gȳrāre and vibrō.

Concepts

turn

Synonyms

svoltare

girare

volgersi

voltare

voltarsi

girarsi

curvare