gira

See also: girá, girà, and girâ

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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

From Spanish guerra, from Late Latin *werra, *guerra, from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”), from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).

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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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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Portuguese

Adjective

gira

1. Feminine singular of adjective 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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Spanish

Etymology

From girar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxiɾa/

Noun

gira f (plural giras)

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

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

1. (nautical) to yaw, turn (a ship at sea)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gira (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	gira	giras
Present tense	girar	giras
Past tense	girade	girades
Supine	girat	girats
Imperative	gira	—
Present participle	girande
Past participle	girad