revirar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ virar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

revirar (first-person singular present reviro, first-person singular preterite revirí, past participle revirat)

1. (intransitive) to twist, to swerve

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “revirar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From re- +‎ virar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reβiˈɾaɾ/

Verb

revirar (first-person singular present reviro, first-person singular preterite revirei, past participle revirado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to turn, rotate
2. (transitive) to twist
3. (transitive) to turn inside-out; to turn upside down
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn around

   A moza revirouse e meteulle unha labazada.

   The girl turned around and slapped him.

5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, figurative) to rebel; to oppose

Conjugation

Derived terms

• revirado
• revirichar

Related terms

• virar

References

• “revirar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “revirar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “revirar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “revirar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “revirar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- +‎ virar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧vi‧rar

Verb

revirar (first-person singular present reviro, first-person singular preterite revirei, past participle revirado)

1. (transitive) to turn around
2. (transitive) to up side down
3. (transitive) to rummage
4. (transitive) to dodge
5. (transitive) move circularly (the eyes)
6. (transitive) to cause nausea to; agonize
7. (intransitive) to go back in the opposite direction
8. (intransitive) to turn around
9. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn around
10. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to change the established path
11. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn against (someone); revolt

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

revirar (first-person singular present reviro, first-person singular preterite reviré, past participle revirado)

1. (transitive) to twist
2. (transitive or reflexive) to turn on (attack)
3. (intransitive, nautical) to veer or tack again

Conjugation

Further reading

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