girar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to turn, to pivot
- to spin, to rotate, to revolve, to twirl, to gyrate
Etymology
Derived from Latin gȳrāre.
Origin
Latin
gȳrāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- circumgyrate English
- dextrogyrate English
- gyrate English
- gyration English
- levogyrate English
- multigyrate English
- opisthogyrate English
- prosogyrate English
- *virāre Latin
- gȳrāre Latin
- gȳrāre, gȳrō, gyro Latin
- girare Italian
- girer French
- disco Spanish, Castilian
- giradiscos Spanish, Castilian
- sobregirar Spanish, Castilian
- girar Catalan, Valencian
- xirar Galician
- hira Tagalog
- girar Occitan
- girâ Friulian