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virar.

to turn (to change direction)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/viˈɾa(ʁ)/Brazil[viˈɾa(h)]Brazil/viˈɾa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/viˈɾa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to turn (to change direction)

    ergative
    No semáforo, vire à esquerda.
  2. to turn around (to reverse direction)

    ergative
    Cheguei a segui-la por um tempo, mas, quando ela virou para mim, eu já não sabia o que dizer.
  3. to capsize

    ergative
  4. to topple, to overturn

    ergative
  5. to drink up (to empty a recipient of the liquid therein by drinking it through)

    transitive
    E aí, vira uma dessa comigo?
  6. to upset

    ergative
  7. to become, to turn into, to transform, to convert

    Brazil · colloquial · copulative
    Ela ter aparecido na TV fez com que ela virasse uma espécie de subcelebridade entre os amigos.
    O cara era o maior vida louca, sério, e ainda assim virou evangélico, do nada!
  8. to make do, to deal with

    Brazil · colloquial · reflexive
    Ainda não sei muito bem como é que eu vou fazer, mas pode deixar que eu me viro assim mesmo.
    Se vira!
  9. to get by, to make ends meet, to push forward

    Brazil · colloquial · reflexive
    Que é difícil, é, né? Mas Deus ajuda, e a gente vai se virando como pode.
  10. to pull an all-nighter, to stay awake all night

    Brazil · colloquial · ergative
    E aí, bora virar hoje jogando um Warzinho?
    A nenê chorou a noite inteira, e eu fui trabalhar virada.
  11. to embody, to incarnate

    Brazil · colloquial · copulative
    Na Umbanda, até um branco pode virar num Preto-Velho.
    Ontem eu acordei virado no Jiraya
  12. to strike, to stick, to infatuate

    Brazil · colloquial · copulative
    Aquela mulher virou a cabeça dele.
    Ele ficou virado no amor.
Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin *virāre, either from Latin gȳrāre (making it a doublet of girar) or from Latin vibrāre (making it a doublet of vibrar). Compare Catalan virar, French virer and Italian virare.

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