virar

From Vulgar Latin *virō, probably from Latin vibrō (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.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /viˈɾa/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /biˈɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /viˈɾaɾ/

virar (first-person singular present viro, past participle virat)

1. (intransitive) to turn (to change one's direction of travel)

   Synonym: girar

2. (intransitive, nautical) to tack
3. (transitive) to turn (to change the direction or orientation of)
4. (transitive, photography) to tone

• “virar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “virar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “virar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “virar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Attested since the 15th century. Probably from Old French virer,[1] ultimately from Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist”).[2][3] Compare Breton gwar (“curved”), from Proto-Celtic *wēro- (“crooked”).[4] Alternatively from Vulgar Latin *virō, probably from Latin vibrō.

• IPA^(key): /biˈɾaɾ/

virar (first-person singular present viro, first-person singular preterite virei, past participle virado)

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

   Synonym: xirar

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

• “virar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “virar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “virar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “virar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Late Latin virō.

• IPA^(key): /biˈɾa/

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virar

1. to turn

From Vulgar Latin *virāre, from Latin gȳrāre or vibrāre.

• Homophone: virá (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: vi‧rar

virar (first-person singular present viro, first-person singular preterite virei, past participle virado)

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

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

6. inflection of virar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

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

• IPA^(key): /biˈɾaɾ/ [biˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vi‧rar

virar (first-person singular present viro, first-person singular preterite viré, past participle virado)

1. to veer
2. (nautical) to tack

• “virar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

virar

1. present tense of vira.