virar
Spanish, verb/biˈɾaɾ/
virar is spelled V-I-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,751st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Virar is a Spanish verb meaning “to veer (turn) in a vehicle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cambiar un vehículo su dirección, girar”.
What does virar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to veer (turn) in a vehicle
- 2
to tack
- 3
to turn, pivot
Vira a la izquierda.
- 4
to turn back
- 5
to spill
- 6
to turn over, to flip
- 7
to change sides; to change one's mind
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cambiar un vehículo su dirección, girar. 2. Cambiar de rumbo o de bordada, pasando de una amura a otra, de modo que el viento que daba al buque por un costado le dé por el opuesto. 3. Virar por avante.
verb: 1. Lograr que una persona se convierta en enemiga de otra. 2. Reemplazar la sal de plata del papel de impresión por otra.
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 virar
- viro first-person present singular
- viré first-person preterite singular
- virado participle past
- virando gerund
- virada feminine participle past
- virados masculine participle past
- viradas feminine participle past
- viras indicative informal present
- virás indicative informal present
- vira indicative present singular
- viramos first-person indicative plural
- viráis indicative plural present
- viran indicative plural present
- viraba first-person imperfect indicative
- virabas imperfect indicative second-person
- virábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- virabais imperfect indicative plural
- viraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce virar?
- /biˈɾaɾ/
- [biˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to virar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is virar in Spanish?
virar 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).