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virar.

to turn (to change one's direction of travel)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[biˈɾa]Central, Northern, Northwestern[viˈɾa]Balearic[viˈɾaɾ]Valencia
  1. to turn (to change one's direction of travel)

    intransitive
  2. to tack

    intransitive
  3. to turn (to change the direction or orientation of)

    transitive
  4. to tone

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *virāre, probably from Latin vibrāre (in which case it is a doublet of vibrar). Other possibilities include an alteration of gȳrō (source of the synonym girar) or a derivation from Gaulish *viru (“to deviate, veer off”), itself derived from viros (“round, crooked”). Compare Italian virare, French virer.

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