virar

Meaning

  1. (ergative) to turn (to change direction)
  2. (ergative) to turn around (to reverse direction)
  3. (ergative) to capsize
  4. (ergative) to topple, to overturn
  5. (transitive) to drink up (to empty a recipient of the liquid therein by drinking it through)
  6. (ergative) to upset
  7. (Brazil,colloquial,copulative) to become, to turn into, to transform, to convert
  8. (Brazil,colloquial,reflexive) to make do, to deal with
  9. (Brazil,colloquial,reflexive) to get by, to make ends meet, to push forward
  10. (Brazil,colloquial,ergative) to pull an all-nighter, to stay awake all night
  11. (Brazil,colloquial,copulative) to embody, to incarnate
  12. (Brazil,colloquial,copulative) to strike, to stick, to infatuate

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
vi‧rar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/viˈɾa(ʁ)/
Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *virāre, from Latin gȳrāre or vibrāre.

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