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revirar

Portuguese, verb/ʁe.viˈɾa(ʁ)/

revirar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to turn around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does revirar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to turn around

  2. 2

    to upside down

  3. 3

    to rummage

  4. 4

    to dodge

  5. 5

    move circularly (the eyes)

  6. 6

    to cause nausea to; agonize

  7. 7

    to go back in the opposite direction

  8. 8

    to turn around

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of revirar

  • reviro first-person present singular
  • revirei first-person preterite singular
  • revirado participle past
  • revirares infinitive second-person singular
  • revirarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • revirardes infinitive plural second-person
  • revirarem infinitive plural third-person
  • revirando gerund
  • revirados masculine participle past
  • revirada feminine participle past
  • reviradas feminine participle past
  • reviras indicative present second-person
  • revira indicative present singular
  • reviramos first-person indicative plural
  • revirais indicative plural present
  • reviram indicative plural present
  • revirava first-person imperfect indicative
  • reviravas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce revirar?

  • Brazil /ʁe.viˈɾa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [he.viˈɾa(h)]
  • /ʁe.viˈɾa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to revirar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is revirar in Portuguese?

revirar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).