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.

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• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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 *weiro- (“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 , to fulfill it, and to don't turn against it

2. (transitive) to turn upside down
3. (pronominal) to become; to alter in manner or appearance

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “virar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “virar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “virar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “virar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “virar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “virar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Late Latin virō.

• IPA^(key): /biˈɾa/

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virar

1. to turn

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		virar			aver virat
gerund		virant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		virat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	viri	viras	vira	viram	viratz	viran
	imperfect	viravi	viravas	virava	viràvem	viràvetz	viravan
	preterite	virèri	virères	virèt	virèrem	virèretz	virèron
	future	virarai	viraràs	virarà	virarem	viraretz	viraràn
	conditional	virariái	virariás	virariá	virariam	virariatz	virarián
	conditional 2nd form1	virèra	virèras	virèra	vireram	vireratz	virèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	vire	vires	vire	virem	viretz	viren
	imperfect	virèssi	virèsses	virèsse	virèssem	virèssetz	virèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vira		virem	viratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		virar			aver virat
gerund		virant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		virat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	vire	vires	vira	viram	viratz	viron
	imperfect	virave	viraves	virava	viraviam	viraviatz	viravon
	preterite	virere	vireres	viret	virem	viretz	vireron
	future	virarai	viraràs	virará	virarem	viraretz	virarán
	conditional	virariá	virariás	virariá	virariam	virariatz	virarián
	conditional 2nd form1	virèra	virèras	virèra	vireram	vireratz	virèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	vire	vires	vire	virassiam	virassiatz	viron
	imperfect	viresse	viresses	viresse	viressiam	viressiatz	viresson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vira		virassiam	viratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		virar			aver virat
gerund		virant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		virat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	viri	viras	vira	viram	viratz	viran
	imperfect	viravi	viravas	virava	viràvam	viràvatz	viravan
	preterite	virèi	virès	virè	virèm	virètz	virèn
	future	virarèi	viraràs	virarà	viraram	viraratz	viraràn
	conditional	virarí	virarés	viraré	virarem	viraretz	virarén
	conditional 2nd form1	virèra	virèras	virèra	vireram	vireratz	virèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	viri	vires	vire	virem	viretz	viren
	imperfect	virèssi	virèsses	virèsse	virèssem	virèssetz	virèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vira		virem	viratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		virar			aver virat
gerund		virant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		virat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	vire	viras	vira	viram	viratz	viran
	imperfect	virava	viravas	virava	viràvam	viràvatz	viravan
	preterite	virei	vireras	viret	virèram	virèratz	vireran
	future	virarai	viraràs	virará	virarem	viraretz	virarán
	conditional	virariá	virariàs	virariá	virariam	virariatz	virarián
	conditional 2nd form1	virèra	virèras	virèra	vireram	vireratz	virèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	vire	vires	vire	virem	viretz	viren
	imperfect	virèsse	virèsses	virèsse	virèssem	virèssetz	virèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vira		virem	viratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		virar			aver virat
gerund		virant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		virat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	vire	vires	vira	viram	viratz	viran
	imperfect	viravi	viravas	virava	viràvem	viràvetz	viravan
	preterite	virère	virères	virèt	vireriam	vireriatz	virèron
	future	virarai	viraràs	virarà	virarem	viraretz	viraràn
	conditional	virariáu	virariás	virariá	virariam	virariatz	virarián
	conditional 2nd form1	virèra	virèras	virèra	vireram	vireratz	virèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	vire	vires	vire	virem	viretz	viran
	imperfect	virèsse	virèsses	virèsse	viressiam	viressiatz	virèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vira		virem	viratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

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

• “virar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “virar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “virar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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 Portuguese virar, Italian virare.

• IPA^(key): /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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

virar

1. present indicative of vira