virâ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vira"

Macanese

Alternative forms

• virá

Etymology

From Portuguese virar. Sense 2 likely influenced by Portuguese voltar.

Verb

virâ

1. to turn, to direct

   virâ ôlo ― to roll one's eyes in despair (literally, “to turn eye(s)”)

   virâ mám ― in the flash of an eye, in an instant (literally, “to turn hand(s)”)

   virâ beço ― to talk, to chat (literally, “to turn lip(s)”)

2. to return

   iou virâ respondê ― I answered again (literally, “I returned to answer”)

Derived terms

• virâ cacús (“to cause trouble”, literally “to turn toilet”)
• virâ ficâ (“to become, to change into”)
• virâ-virâ vêm (“come in sometime, come in when you can”)

Related terms

• ravirâ

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#v