girar
Portuguese, verb/ʒiˈɾa(ʁ)/
girar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to turn; to rotate (change one’s own orientation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mover(-se) em torno de um eixo, de um centro; rodar”.
What does girar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn; to rotate (change one’s own orientation)
- 2
to turn; to rotate (change the orientation of something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mover(-se) em torno de um eixo, de um centro; rodar 2. descrever (movimento rotatório ou circular) 3. localizar-se em torno de; circundar, rodear 4. andar de um lado para outro; circular
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of girar
- giro first-person present singular
- girei first-person preterite singular
- girado participle past
- girares infinitive second-person singular
- girarmos first-person infinitive plural
- girardes infinitive plural second-person
- girarem infinitive plural third-person
- girando gerund
- girados masculine participle past
- girada feminine participle past
- giradas feminine participle past
- giras indicative present second-person
- gira indicative present singular
- giramos first-person indicative plural
- girais indicative plural present
- giram indicative plural present
- girava first-person imperfect indicative
- giravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce girar?
- Brazil /ʒiˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʒiˈɾa(h)]
- /ʒiˈɾa(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 girar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is girar in Portuguese?
girar appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).