virer

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *virare, probably from Latin vibrāre or possibly from an alteration of gȳrāre. Cf. Italian virare, Spanish virar.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vi.ʁe/

• Audio

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Verb

virer

1. To bear, to veer (to change direction slightly)

   Virer à gauche. - Bear left

2. (banking) To transfer (money, from one account to another)
3. To turn into, to become

   La situation va virer au drame. - The situation is going to turn into a drama.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of virer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		virer			avoir viré
gerund		en virant			en ayant viré
present participle		virant
past participle		viré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	vire	vires	vire	virons	virez	virent
	imperfect	virais	virais	virait	virions	viriez	viraient
	past historic1	virai	viras	vira	virâmes	virâtes	virèrent
	future	virerai	vireras	virera	virerons	virerez	vireront
	conditional	virerais	virerais	virerait	virerions	vireriez	vireraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	vire	vires	vire	virions	viriez	virent
	imperfect1	virasse	virasses	virât	virassions	virassiez	virassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	vire	—	virons	virez	—
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Derived terms

• virage
• virement

Anagrams

• river