gira

See also: girá, girà, and girâ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈʒi.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ɾa/

Verb

gira

1. third-person singular present indicative form of girar
2. second-person singular imperative form of girar

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra.

Noun

gira

1. war; warfare

Verb

gira

1. to go to war; to enter into an armed conflict
2. to wage war

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁa/
• Homophones: giras, girât

Verb

gira

1. third-person singular past historic of girer

Anagrams

• agir, Riga

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Italian

Verb

gira

1. third-person singular present of girare
2. second-person singular imperative of girare

Anagrams

• agri, riga

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Lithuanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gira f

1. kvass

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Maranao

Noun

gira

1. war

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• girene

Noun

gira n pl

1. definite plural of gir

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gira n pl

1. definite plural of gir

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Polish

Etymology

Possibly from Old Polish giża (“ham, buttock”), from Proto-Slavic *gyža (“stump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲi.ra/

Noun

gira f (augmentative girsko)

1. (colloquial) leg

   Synonyms: noga, szkita

2. (Poznań, cooking) pickled ham hock

Declension

declension of gira

	singular	plural
nominative	gira	giry
genitive	giry	gir
dative	girze	girom
accusative	girę	giry
instrumental	girą	girami
locative	girze	girach
vocative	giro	giry

Further reading

• gira in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gira in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Adjective

gira

1. feminine singular of giro

Verb

gira

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of gerir
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of gerir
3. first-person singular imperative of gerir
4. third-person singular imperative of gerir

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Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guerra (“war”).

Noun

gira

1. war

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Spanish

Etymology

From girar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxiɾa/, [ˈxi.ɾa]

Noun

gira f (plural giras)

1. tour (a journey through a list of places)

   gira por Europa ― European tour

   • 2018 July 9, “La visita de Trump a Europa plasma el nuevo orden de Estados Unidos”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, emprende mañana martes una gira que plasma el nuevo orden en Washington, en el que la defensa y el comercio se contemplan con el mismo prisma y los viejos aliados son hoy rivales.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants

• → Tagalog: hira

Verb

gira

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of girar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of girar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of girar.

Further reading

• “gira” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Verb

gira (present girar, preterite girade, supine girat, imperative gira)

1. (nautical) to yaw, turn (a ship at sea)
2. (land vehicles) swerve, an unplanned quick deviation to avoid impact

   • Han gira för cyklisten

     He swerve for the cyclist

Conjugation

Conjugation of gira (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gira		giras
Supine	girat		girats
Imperative	gira		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	girar	girade	giras	girades
Indicative plural1	gira	girade	giras	girades
Subjunctive2	gire	girade	gires	girades
	Participles
Present participle	girande
Past participle	girad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• Riga