revirar
Spanish, verb[reβ̞iˈɾaɾ]
revirar is a Spanish verb meaning “to twist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cambiar la dirección o posición natural de algo”.
What does revirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to twist
- 2
to turn on (attack)
- 3
to veer or tack again
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cambiar la dirección o posición natural de algo. 2. Responder con brusquedad o rebelarse contra alguien o algo. 3. En juegos de azar: Incrementar la apuesta inicial de otro jugador, generalmente al doble. 4. Rechazar de forma categórica una iniciativa.
verb: 1. Volver a virar. 2. Replicar con descaro o insolencia. 3. Rebotar un objeto al impactar contra una superficie.
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 revirar
- reviro first-person present singular
- reviré first-person preterite singular
- revirado participle past
- revirando gerund
- revirada feminine participle past
- revirados masculine participle past
- reviradas feminine participle past
- reviras indicative informal present
- revirás indicative informal present
- revira indicative present singular
- reviramos first-person indicative plural
- reviráis indicative plural present
- reviran indicative plural present
- reviraba first-person imperfect indicative
- revirabas imperfect indicative second-person
- revirábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- revirabais imperfect indicative plural
- reviraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce revirar?
- [reβ̞iˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is revirar in Spanish?
revirar appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).