virar

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.

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

virar (first-person singular present viro, first-person singular preterite virí, 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, 2024
• “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

   Synonym: xirar

   • 1432, Antonio Fernández Salgado, editor, 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

• “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 Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “virar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “virar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “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. (ergative) to turn (to change direction)

   Synonyms: tornar, volver, dobrar, torcer, curvar, converter

   No semáforo, vire à esquerda. ― At the traffic lights, turn left.

2. (ergative) to turn around (to reverse direction)

   Synonyms: voltar, volver, girar, torcer, tornar

   Cheguei a segui-la por um tempo, mas, quando ela virou para mim, eu já não sabia o que dizer. ― I even followed her for a while, but, when she turned to me, I no longer knew what to say.

3. (nautical, ergative) to capsize

   Synonyms: emborcar, entornar

4. (ergative, of an opinion) to topple, to overturn

   Synonyms: mudar, alterar

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

   Synonym: matar

   E aí, vira uma dessa comigo? ― Whatcha say, drink up one of these with me?

6. (ergative, of a stomach) to upset

   Synonyms: revirar, embrulhar

7. (Brazil, colloquial, copulative) to become, to turn into, to transform, to convert

   Synonyms: tornar, transformar, converter

   Ela ter aparecido na TV fez com que ela virasse uma espécie de subcelebridade entre os amigos. ― Her appearing on TV made her becoming a sort of subcelebrity among her friends.

   O cara era o maior vida louca, sério, e ainda assim virou evangélico, do nada! ― The dude was a plain gangsta, really, and even so turned into a born-again Christian, all of a sudden!

8. (Brazil, colloquial, reflexive) to make do, to deal with

   Synonyms: resolver, solucionar, lidar, fazer acontecer, encarar, enfrentar, desenrolar, matar no peito

   Ainda não sei muito bem como é que eu vou fazer, mas pode deixar que eu me viro assim mesmo. ― I still don't know how exactly I'm gonna make it, but don't worry, I'll handle it anyway.

9. (Brazil, colloquial, reflexive) to get by, to make ends meet, to push forward

   Synonyms: lidar, aguentar, viver, sobreviver, subsistir

   Que é difícil, é, né? Mas Deus ajuda, e a gente vai se virando como pode. ― Yeah, it's difficult, that's right. But God helps, and we keep pushing forward as we can.

10. (Brazil, colloquial, ergative) to pull an all-nighter, to stay awake all night

    Synonyms: virar a noite, passar a noite em claro, tresnoitar, transnoitar

    E aí, bora virar hoje jogando um Warzinho? ― So, how about we spend this night playing some Risk?

    A nenê chorou a noite inteira, e eu fui trabalhar virada. ― The baby cried all night long, and I went to work without having slept.

11. (Brazil, colloquial, copulative, with preposition "em", chiefly of spiritual entities) to embody, to incarnate

    Synonyms: baixar, receber, incorporar, encarnar, transmutar

    Na Umbanda, até um branco pode virar num Preto-Velho. ― In Umbanda, even a White may receive an Old Black.

    Ontem eu acordei virado no Jiraya ― Yesterday I woke up super stressed (that is, inspired by the Japanese series Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya).

12. (Brazil, colloquial, copulative, with preposition "em", chiefly of mental states) to strike, to stick, to infatuate

    Synonyms: encantar, arrebatar, enlevar, absorver, entregar

    Aquela mulher virou a cabeça dele. ― That woman blew his mind.

    Ele ficou virado no amor. ― He got stuck in love.

• Macanese: virâ

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 indicative of vira