girare

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See also: giraré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gȳrāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: gi‧rà‧re
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Verb

giràre (first-person singular present gìro, first-person singular past historic girài, past participle giràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (ergative) to turn, stir, turn over
    Synonyms: ruotare, voltare, mescolare, avvolgere, roteare, mulinare, turbinare, rivoltare, volgere, capovolgere, rovesciare, svoltare, curvare, aggirare
    girare lo sguardo ― to turn one's gaze
    girare la frittata ― to turn over the frittata
    il mondo gira su sé stesso ― the world turns on itself (its axis)
    devi girare a sinistra ― you have to turn left
  2. (ergative, figurative, by extension) to spin (present a bias)
  3. (transitive) to tour, travel
    Synonyms: visitare, viaggiare, rivolgere
    1. to go round or alongside (a place, etc.)
      Synonym: costeggiare
      girare una collina ― to go round a hill
    2. to go far and wide
      ho girato il comune per trovarti un regalo
      I went all throughout the town to find you a gift
    3. to tour (make a circuit of a place)
  4. (transitive) to pass (to)
    ti giro questa domanda ― I pass this question to you
    Synonym: passare
  5. (transitive) to endorse, transfer (of a cheque/check, etc.)
    Synonym: trasferire
  6. (transitive, film) to shoot, film
    Synonyms: filmare, riprendere, registrare, realizzare
  7. (transitive, intransitive) to encircle
    Synonyms: circondare, cingere, attorniare
    la recinzione gira tutto il giardino
    the fence encircles the entire garden
    le mura girano attorno alla città
    the walls encircle the entire city
  8. (transitive, rare) to bypass
  9. (intransitive) to roam; to wander; to mill about
    Synonyms: andare in giro, aggirarsi, passeggiare, vagare, circolare, girovagare
  10. (intransitive) to circulate
    Synonyms: circolare, correre, diffondersi, propagarsi
  11. (intransitive) to continue (of a text)
    il brano parte dalla prima e gira in terza pagina
    the excerpt begins on the first (page) and continues onto the third page
  12. (intransitive) to work; to function
  13. (intransitive) to go through one's head
    Synonyms: mulinare, turbinare, frullare
    Un'immagine dolorosa gli girava per la testa.
    A painful image was going through his head.
  14. (intransitive, informal) to feel like
  15. (intransitive, informal) to proceed in a certain way, especially positive; to go
    Il lavoro non gira bene.
    The work is not going well.
  16. (intransitive, Tuscany) to go bad (of wine)

Usage notes

  • In the meaning "to turn", when used intransitively, must be followed by su, intorno a, or attorno a.
  • In the meaning "to encircle", when used intransitively, must be followed by intorno a or attorno a.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of giràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive giràre
auxiliary verb avére gerund giràndo
present participle girànte past participle giràto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present gìro gìri gìra giriàmo giràte gìrano
imperfect giràvo giràvi giràva giravàmo giravàte giràvano
past historic girài giràsti girò giràmmo giràste giràrono
future girerò girerài girerà girerémo gireréte girerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present girerèi girerésti girerèbbe, girerébbe girerémmo gireréste girerèbbero, girerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present gìri gìri gìri giriàmo giriàte gìrino
imperfect giràssi giràssi giràsse giràssimo giràste giràssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
gìra gìri giriàmo giràte gìrino
negative imperative non giràre non gìri non giriàmo non giràte non gìrino

Related terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Spanish: yirar

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

girare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of girar
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