gira

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gira

1. third-person singular past historic of girer

Anagrams

• agir, Riga

Verb

gira

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

Anagrams

• agri, riga

Alternative forms

• girene

Noun

gira n pl

1. definite plural of gir

Noun

gira n pl

1. definite plural of gir

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

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.

Verb

gira

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