virâ

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Macanese

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Etymology

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From Portuguese virar. Sense 2 likely influenced by Portuguese voltar.

Verb

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virâ

  1. to turn, to direct
    virâ ôloto roll one's eyes in despair (literally, “to turn eye(s)”)
    virâ mámin the flash of an eye, in an instant (literally, “to turn hand(s)”)
    virâ beçoto talk, to chat (literally, “to turn lip(s)”)
  2. to return
    iou virâ respondêI answered again (literally, “I returned to answer”)

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