vira
Spanish, noun
vira is spelled V-I-R-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,253rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vira is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “welt (of a hoe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of virar. With an accent, virá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of virar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especie de saeta delgada y de punta muy aguda”.
What does vira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewelt (of a hoe)
- 2
femininedart
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of virar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Especie de saeta delgada y de punta muy aguda. 2. Tira de tela, badana o vaqueta que, para dar fuerzas al calzado, se cose entre la suela y la pata. 3. Franja con que las mujeres adornan los vestidos.
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 vira
- viras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vira in Spanish?
vira appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).