girare
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See also: giraré
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]giràre (first-person singular present gìro, first-person singular past historic girài, past participle giràto, auxiliary avére)
- (ergative) to turn, stir, turn over [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: ruotare, voltare, mescolare, avvolgere, roteare, mulinare, turbinare, rivoltare, volgere, capovolgere, rovesciare, svoltare, curvare, aggirare
- girare lo sguardo ― to turn one's gaze
- girare la frittata ― to turn over the frittata
- il mondo gira su sé stesso ― the world turns on itself (its axis)
- devi girare a sinistra ― you have to turn left
- (ergative, figurative, by extension) to spin (present a bias)
- (transitive) to tour, travel
- to go round or alongside (a place, etc.)
- Synonym: costeggiare
- girare una collina ― to go round a hill
- to go far and wide
- ho girato il comune per trovarti un regalo
- I went all throughout the town to find you a gift
- to tour (make a circuit of a place)
- to go round or alongside (a place, etc.)
- (transitive) to pass (to)
- ti giro questa domanda ― I pass this question to you
- Synonym: passare
- (transitive) to endorse, transfer (of a cheque/check, etc.)
- Synonym: trasferire
- (transitive, film) to shoot, film
- Synonyms: filmare, riprendere, registrare, realizzare
- (transitive, intransitive) to encircle
- Synonyms: circondare, cingere, attorniare
- la recinzione gira tutto il giardino
- the fence encircles the entire garden
- le mura girano attorno alla città
- the walls encircle the entire city
- (transitive, rare) to bypass
- (intransitive) to roam; to wander; to mill about [with per] [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: andare in giro, aggirarsi, passeggiare, vagare, circolare, girovagare
- (intransitive) to circulate [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: circolare, correre, diffondersi, propagarsi
- (intransitive) to continue [auxiliary avere] (of a text)
- il brano parte dalla prima e gira in terza pagina
- the excerpt begins on the first (page) and continues onto the third page
- (intransitive) to work; to function [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to go through one's head [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, informal) to feel like [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, informal) to proceed in a certain way, especially positive; to go [auxiliary avere]
- Il lavoro non gira bene.
- The work is not going well.
- (intransitive, Tuscany) to go bad [auxiliary avere] (of wine)
Usage notes
[edit]- In the meaning "to turn", when used intransitively, must be followed by su, intorno a, or attorno a.
- In the meaning "to pass; feel like", must be followed by a or an accusative clitic.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of giràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | giràre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | giràndo | |||
present participle | girànte | past participle | giràto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | gìro | gìri | gìra | giriàmo | giràte | gìrano |
imperfect | giràvo | giràvi | giràva | giravàmo | giravàte | giràvano |
past historic | girài | giràsti | girò | giràmmo | giràste | giràrono |
future | girerò | girerài | girerà | girerémo | gireréte | girerànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | girerèi | girerésti | girerèbbe, girerébbe | girerémmo | gireréste | girerèbbero, girerébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | gìri | gìri | gìri | giriàmo | giriàte | gìrino |
imperfect | giràssi | giràssi | giràsse | giràssimo | giràste | giràssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
gìra | gìri | giriàmo | giràte | gìrino | ||
negative imperative | non giràre | non gìri | non giriàmo | non giràte | non gìrino |
Related terms
[edit]Related terms
Descendants
[edit]- → Spanish: yirar
Anagrams
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[edit]Verb
[edit]girare
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