girare

From Latin gȳrāre.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈra.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: gi‧rà‧re

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giràre (first-person singular present gìro, first-person singular past historic girài, past participle giràto, auxiliary avére)

1. (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

2. (ergative, figurative, by extension) to spin (present a bias)
3. (transitive) to tour, travel

   Synonyms: visitare, viaggiare, rivolgere

   1. to go round or alongside (a place, etc.)

      Synonym: costeggiare

      girare una collina ― to go round a hill

   2. to go far and wide

      ho girato il comune per trovarti un regalo

      I went all throughout the town to find you a gift

   3. to tour (make a circuit of a place)
4. (transitive) to pass (to)

   ti giro questa domanda ― I pass this question to you

   Synonym: passare

5. (transitive) to endorse, transfer (of a cheque/check, etc.)

   Synonym: trasferire

6. (transitive, film) to shoot, film

   Synonyms: filmare, riprendere, registrare, realizzare

7. (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

8. (transitive, rare) to bypass
9. (intransitive) to roam; to wander; to mill about [+ per (object)] [auxiliary avere]

   Synonyms: andare in giro, aggirarsi, passeggiare, vagare, circolare, girovagare

10. (intransitive) to circulate [auxiliary avere]

    Synonyms: circolare, correre, diffondersi, propagarsi

11. (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

12. (intransitive) to work; to function [auxiliary avere]
13. (intransitive) to go through one's head [auxiliary essere]

    Synonyms: mulinare, turbinare, frullare

    Un'immagine dolorosa gli girava per la testa.

    A painful image was going through his head.

14. (intransitive, informal) to feel like [auxiliary avere]
15. (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.

16. (intransitive, Tuscany) to go bad [auxiliary avere] (of wine)

• In the meaning "to turn", when used intransitively, must be followed by su, intorno a, or attorno a.

• In the meaning "to encircle", when used intransitively, must be followed by intorno a or attorno a.

• In the meaning "to pass; feel like", must be followed by a or an accusative clitic.

• → Spanish: yirar

• girerà, rigare

girare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of girar