Portuguese

virar

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  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
Pronounced as (IPA)
/viˈɾa(ʁ)/
Etymology

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.

Related words
tornar tornar-se transformar virou colocar aparecer começar

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