girar

From Latin gȳrāre. Cognate with Spanish girar, yirar, English gyrate, Italian girare, Occitan girar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒiˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒiˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

girar (first-person singular present giro, first-person singular preterite girí, past participle girat)

1. to turn
2. (obsolete) to translate

• “girar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

girar

1. to dance

From Latin gȳrāre.

girar

1. to turn

From Latin gȳrāre.

girar (first-person singular present giro, first-person singular preterite girei, past participle girado)

1. (intransitive) to turn; to rotate (change one’s own orientation)
2. (transitive) to turn; to rotate (change the orientation of something)

• virar, rotar, rotacionar, rodar

• giro

From Latin gȳrāre, from Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of yirar. Compare with French gyrer, Galician xirar, Portuguese girar, Italian girare. Compare also English gyrate, English gyro.

• IPA^(key): /xiˈɾaɾ/ [xiˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gi‧rar

girar (first-person singular present giro, first-person singular preterite giré, past participle girado)

1. to turn, pivot

   Gira a la izquierda.

   Turn to the left.

2. to spin, rotate, revolve, twirl, gyrate

   La tierra gira alrededor del sol.

   The earth revolves around the sun.

• → Tagalog: hira

• doblar

• “girar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

girar

1. indefinite plural of gir

girar

1. present indicative of gira