virar

Meaning

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

swing around

tump over

change by reversal

fall head first

flip up

transformar-se em

transformar-se

fazer girar

aumentar o volume

tender a

transformar em

virar do avesso

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/viˈɾa(ʁ)/

From Vulgar Latin *virāre, either from Latin gȳrāre (making it a doublet of girar) or from Latin vibrāre (making it a doublet of vibrar). Compare Catalan virar, French virer and Italian virare.

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virar

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Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/viˈɾa(ʁ)/

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