vira

See also: víra, virá, Vira, vīra, vīrā, віра, Віра, and вира

Crimean Tatar

Adjective

vira

1. continuous

Synonyms

• turmadan, toqtamadan

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vira (accusative singular viran, plural viraj, accusative plural virajn)

1. male

   La vira sekso ofte signiĝas per la simbolo ♂.

   The male sex is often signified by the symbol ♂.

Related terms

• viro (“man”)
• ina (“female”)

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French

Verb

vira

1. third-person singular past historic of virer

Anagrams

• ravi, riva, vair, vrai

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Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from virar (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾa̝/

Noun

vira f (plural viras)

1. (shoemaking) welt
2. flounce; frill

   Synonym: fita

Related terms

• virar

Etymology 2

Inflected form of virar.

Verb

vira

1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of ver
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ver
3. third-person singular present indicative of virar
4. second-person singular imperative of virar

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese virar. Cognates with Kabuverdianu vira.

Verb

vira

1. to turn

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Italian

Verb

vira

1. third-person singular present indicative of virare
2. second-person singular imperative of virare

Anagrams

• riva, vari

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese virar.

Verb

vira

1. to turn

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Latin

Etymology

From vir (“male human, man”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.ra/, [ˈu̯ɪrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ra/, [ˈviːrä]

Noun

vira f (genitive virae); first declension

1. a woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vira	virae
Genitive	virae	virārum
Dative	virae	virīs
Accusative	viram	virās
Ablative	virā	virīs
Vocative	vira	virae

Synonyms

• (woman, female): mulier
• (woman, female): fēmina
• (wife): uxor

References

• “vira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɾɐ/

Etymology 1

From virar (“to turn”).

Noun

vira m (plural viras)

1. a traditional music and dance genre of northern Portugal

Verb

vira

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Etymology 2

Verb

vira

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ekavian): vȅra
• (Ijekavian): vjȅra

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věra, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros.

Noun

vira f (Cyrillic spelling вира)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) belief, faith; religion
   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     Juditi Bog pomog kada napade na nj.

     Da joj ni trud zamanj, da stvari viru da,

     prikla ga, steć uza nj i odni glavu t(j)a.

   • 1559, Marin Držić, Hekuba:

     Da vira pogine, kojom je človik lip,

     od svete istine svijet bi ostao slip.

   • 1563, Dinko Ranjina, Pjesni razlike, #288:

     Tim pravo ni, toga da ne zri tva vira,

     za tobom ki cvili, uzdiše i umira.

   • 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:

     Za viru karstjansku protivit do smarti

     Tu silu pogansku ka nas grede tarti.

   • 1622, Ivan Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga:

     Ljepos, razum, ljubav, vira

     Sve je pričica i besjeda:

     Kakav si, ona ne razbira,

     Koliko imaš samo gleda;

   • 1762, Matija Antun Relković, Satir iliti divji čovik:

     a ovamo ne znaš očenaša

     niti pravo što je vira naša.

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Old French vire (“dart, welt”), from Vulgar Latin *veria (“javelin, dart”), from Latin verua.

Noun

vira f (plural viras)

1. welt (of a hoe)
2. dart

Verb

vira

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of virar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of virar.

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Swedish

Verb

vira

1. to wind (yarn on a roll), to roll
2. (electronics) to wire-wrap

Conjugation

Conjugation of vira (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vira		viras
Supine	virat		virats
Imperative	vira		—
Imper. plural1	viren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	virar	virade	viras	virades
Ind. plural1	vira	virade	viras	virades
Subjunctive2	vire	virade	vires	virades
	Participles
Present participle	virande
Past participle	virad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• Ivar, riva, vari