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girar

/xiˈɾaɾ/, [xiˈɾaɾ]

to turn, turn

Gerund: girando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular girado girada
Plural girados giradas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo giro giraba giré giraré giraría
tú giras girabas giraste girarás girarías
él/ella/Ud. gira giraba giró girará giraría
nosotros giramos girábamos giramos giraremos giraríamos
vosotros giráis girabais girasteis giraréis giraríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. giran giraban giraron girarán girarían
vos girás girabas giraste girarás girarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo gire girara girase girare
tú gires giraras girases girares
él/ella/Ud. gire girara girase girare
nosotros giremos giráramos girásemos giráremos
vosotros giréis girarais giraseis girareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. giren giraran girasen giraren
vos girés giraras girases girares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú gira no gires
Ud. gire no gire
nosotros giremos no giremos
vosotros girad no giréis
Uds. giren no giren
vos girá no gires

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • ¿Hay que girar en el sentido de las agujas de un reloj o en el sentido contrario?

    Do you have to turn it clockwise or counter-clockwise?

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  • La habitación empezó a girar después de haber bebido unos tragos.

    The room started to spin after I drank too much.

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  • Usé el destornillador para girar el tornillo, pero no quería girar.

    I used a screwdriver to turn the screw, but it just didn't want to turn.

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  • Al girar la página, podemos mandar retirarse a los personajes de un libro sin miedo a herir sus sentimientos.

    By turning the page, we can dismiss the characters in a book without fear of hurting their feelings.

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  • La bicicleta se inclina a la derecha antes de girar a la derecha.

    The bike leans on the right before turning right.

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  • ¿Puedes hacer girar una bola de baloncesto en la punta de un dedo?

    Can you spin a basketball on your fingertip?

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  • No olvides girar a la izquierda cerca de la farmacia y verás una gran iglesia a la derecha.

    Don't forget to turn left near the drugstore and you will see a big church on the right.

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  • ¿Qué ocurriría si la Tierra dejara de girar?

    What would happen if the earth stopped spinning?

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  • Los testigos le dijeron a la policía que el tren iba a la velocidad por encima del límite cuando descarriló al girar la próxima curva.

    Witnesses told police that the train was travelling way over the speed limit when it derailed going around a bend.

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  • Yo bebí mucho y el suelo parecía girar bajo mis pies.

    I drank too much and the ground seemed to spin under my feet.

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