yirar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian girare via Lunfardo. Doublet of girar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝiˈɾaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃiˈɾaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒiˈɾaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: yi‧rar

Verb

yirar (first-person singular present yiro, first-person singular preterite yiré, past participle yirado)

  1. (rare, Argentina, Paraguay, intransitive) to wander, to ramble (to walk without a purpose or destination)
    • 1967, Pablo Babini, Buenos Aires con ganas, Editorial Sudamericana, page 10:
      No, pensaba después, todos hacen lo mismo: yirar por estas calles llenas de pozos y pegarle codazos a los demás y romper las pelotas.
      No, he then thought, everyone does the same: wander around these streets full of potholes and elbow others and annoy them.
    • 2011, Tomás Abraham, Pensamiento rápido, Editorial Sudamericana, page 106:
      No saben que lo único que les pide el doctor es que aprendan que no sólo de yirar vive el hombre, que también necesitan “yariar”.
      They don’t know that the only thing the doctor asks of them is that they learn that man does not live from rambling aimlessly alone, that they also need to “fly high”.
    • 2016 November 18, “Milico apintonado mató a un guardia”, in Crónica:
      Agentes de la Comisaría 1.ª local llegaron hasta el lugar, el hombre alegó que se encontraba yirando con dirección a San Lorenzo, cuando intentó adelantarse a un vehículo que viajaba a escasa velocidad, momento en que supuestamente le explotó uno de los neumáticos, ocasionando que perdiera el control y vaya a parar directo contra la caseta.
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