virar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. Probably from Old French virer, ultimately from Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist”). Confer Breton gwar (“curved”), from Proto-Celtic *wēro- (“crooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈɾaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) to turn, rotate
   • 1432, Antonio Fernández Salgado (ed.), A documentación medieval de San Bieito do Campo. Santiago: USC, page 74:

     prometemos de o teer, conprir e agardar e nõ virarmos contra elo

     we promise to keep [this deal], to fulfill it, and to don't turn against it

2. (transitive) to turn upside down
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become; to alter in manner or appearance
4. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of virar
5. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of virar

Synonyms

• (to turn, rotate): xirar

Derived terms

• revirar (“to twist”)
• vira (“flap”)
• virada (“turn”)
• viravolta (“twirl”)
• viradeira
• virador
• viraventos (“pinwheel”)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “virar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “virar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin virō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

virar

1. to turn

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		virar			aver virat
gerund		virant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		virat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	viri	viras	vira	viram	viratz	viran
	imperfect	viravi	viravas	virava	viràvem	viràvetz	viravan
	preterite	virèri	virères	virèt	virèrem	virèretz	virèron
	future	virarai	viraràs	virarà	virarem	viraretz	viraràn
	conditional	virariái	virariás	virariá	virariam	virariatz	virarián
	conditional 2nd form1	virèra	virèras	virèra	vireram	vireratz	virèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	vire	vires	vire	virem	viretz	viren
	imperfect	virèssi	virèsses	virèsse	virèssem	virèssetz	virèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vira		virem	viratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		virar			aver virat
gerund		virant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		virat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	vire	vires	vira	viram	viratz	viron
	imperfect	virave	viraves	virava	viraviam	viraviatz	viravon
	preterite	virere	vireres	viret	virem	viretz	vireron
	future	virarai	viraràs	virará	virarem	viraretz	virarán
	conditional	virariá	virariás	virariá	virariam	virariatz	virarián
	conditional 2nd form1	virèra	virèras	virèra	vireram	vireratz	virèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	vire	vires	vire	virassiam	virassiatz	viron
	imperfect	viresse	viresses	viresse	viressiam	viressiatz	viresson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vira		virassiam	viratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		virar			aver virat
gerund		virant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		virat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	viri	viras	vira	viram	viratz	viran
	imperfect	viravi	viravas	virava	viràvam	viràvatz	viravan
	preterite	virèi	virès	virè	virèm	virètz	virèn
	future	virarèi	viraràs	virarà	viraram	viraratz	viraràn
	conditional	virarí	virarés	viraré	virarem	viraretz	virarén
	conditional 2nd form1	virèra	virèras	virèra	vireram	vireratz	virèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	viri	vires	vire	virem	viretz	viren
	imperfect	virèssi	virèsses	virèsse	virèssem	virèssetz	virèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vira		virem	viratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		virar			aver virat
gerund		virant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		virat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	vire	viras	vira	viram	viratz	viran
	imperfect	virava	viravas	virava	viràvam	viràvatz	viravan
	preterite	virei	vireras	viret	virèram	virèratz	vireran
	future	virarai	viraràs	virará	virarem	viraretz	virarán
	conditional	virariá	virariàs	virariá	virariam	virariatz	virarián
	conditional 2nd form1	virèra	virèras	virèra	vireram	vireratz	virèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	vire	vires	vire	virem	viretz	viren
	imperfect	virèsse	virèsses	virèsse	virèssem	virèssetz	virèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vira		virem	viratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		virar			aver virat
gerund		virant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		virat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	vire	vires	vira	viram	viratz	viran
	imperfect	viravi	viravas	virava	viràvem	viràvetz	viravan
	preterite	virère	virères	virèt	vireriam	vireriatz	virèron
	future	virarai	viraràs	virarà	virarem	viraretz	viraràn
	conditional	virariáu	virariás	virariá	virariam	virariatz	virarián
	conditional 2nd form1	virèra	virèras	virèra	vireram	vireratz	virèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	vire	vires	vire	virem	viretz	viran
	imperfect	virèsse	virèsses	virèsse	viressiam	viressiatz	virèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vira		virem	viratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms

• virada

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *virāre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin gȳrāre or vibrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈɾaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /vi.ˈɾa(ʁ)/

Verb

1. to turn or bend (around)

   virar à esquerda ― to turn left

2. to upset or topple
3. (nautical) to capsize
4. (Brazil, transitive) to become

   virar um astro ― to become a celebrity

   Synonyms: tornar, transformar

5. (used with se, intransitive, persons) to do something by oneself or without help

   Se vire com seu problema! ― Solve your problem by yourself!

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Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin root *virāre, of uncertain origin: possibly of Celtic; (compare Welsh gwyro) or possibly a variation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vibrāre or gȳrāre. See also French virer, Italian virare.

Verb

1. to veer
2. (nautical) to tack

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Swedish

Verb

virar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of vira.