girar
Spanish, verb/xiˈɾaɾ/
girar is spelled G-I-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,416th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Girar is a Spanish verb meaning “to turn, pivot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer mover a algún objeto en forma de círculo alrededor de un eje o centro”.
What does girar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn, pivot
Gira a la izquierda.
- 2
to spin, rotate, revolve, twirl, gyrate
La tierra gira alrededor del sol.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer mover a algún objeto en forma de círculo alrededor de un eje o centro. 2. Transferir dinero. 3. Remitir una orden de pago.
verb: 1. Moverse un objeto describiendo una circunferencia alrededor de un eje o centro. 2. Ir una conversación hacia algún tópico específico. 3. Doblar; cambiar de dirección respecto de la que se poseía anteriormente. 4. Gestionar las transacciones comerciales de alguna empresa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of girar
- giro first-person present singular
- giré first-person preterite singular
- girado participle past
- girando gerund
- girada feminine participle past
- girados masculine participle past
- giradas feminine participle past
- giras indicative informal present
- girás indicative informal present
- gira indicative present singular
- giramos first-person indicative plural
- giráis indicative plural present
- giran indicative plural present
- giraba first-person imperfect indicative
- girabas imperfect indicative second-person
- girábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- girabais imperfect indicative plural
- giraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce girar?
- /xiˈɾaɾ/
- [xiˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to girar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is girar in Spanish?
girar appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).