giro
Spanish, noun
giro is spelled G-I-R-O (4 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,150th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Giro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “turn, spin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of girar. With an accent, giró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of girar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vuelta, parcial o completa, sobre uno mismo”.
What does giro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineturn, spin
navegación giro a giro
- 2
masculinetour
- 3
masculinegiro, a money transfer
- 4
masculineeconomical activity type or kind
- 5
masculinespin number
- 6
masculineturn of events, development
- 7
masculineturn of phrase
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of girar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of girar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vuelta, parcial o completa, sobre uno mismo.
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 giro
- giros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to giro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is giro in Spanish?
giro appears 19 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).