virar

v.

1 to turn (round).

virar en redondo to turn round; to do a volte-face o U-turn; (figurative) (persona) to change radically (ideas, política)

2 to tone (photography).

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virar

► verbo intransitivo

1 MARÍTIMO to tack, put about

2 AUTOMÓVIL to turn round

3 figurado to change

► verbo transitivo

1 (en fotografía) to tone

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FRASEOLOGÍA

virar en redondo figurado to change completely

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verb

to turn, tack

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1. VT

1) (Náut) to put about, turn

2) (Fot) to tone

3) (LAm) (=dar vuelta a) to turn (round); (=invertir) to turn over, turn upside down

4) (Caribe) (=azotar) to whip

2. VI

1) (=cambiar de dirección) to change direction, turn; (Náut) to tack, go about; [vehículo] to turn; (con violencia) to swerve

tuve que virar a la izquierda para no atropellarle — I had to swerve left to avoid hitting him

virar en redondo — to turn round completely

virar a estribor — to turn to starboard

virar hacia el sur — to turn towards the south

2) (=cambiar de parecer) to change one's views; [voto] to swing

el país ha virado a la derecha — the country has swung (to the) right

virar en redondo — to swing round completely, make a complete volte-face

3.

See:

virarse

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1.

verbo intransitivo

a) (Náut) to tack, go about

b) vehículo/conductor to turn

viró bruscamente — she swerved

c) política/partido to veer

2.

virar vt

1)

a) (Náut) to tack

b) <traje/cuello> to turn

2) (Fot) to tone

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* virar bruscamente = swerve.

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1.

verbo intransitivo

a) (Náut) to tack, go about

b) vehículo/conductor to turn

viró bruscamente — she swerved

c) política/partido to veer

2.

virar vt

1)

a) (Náut) to tack

b) <traje/cuello> to turn

2) (Fot) to tone

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* virar bruscamente = swerve.

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virar [A1 ]

vi

1 (Náut) to tack, go about

2 «vehículo/conductor» to turn

viró bruscamente she swerved sharply

3 (cambiar de ideas, orientación) «política/partido» to veer

ha virado hacia una postura más radical he has veered toward a more radical position

la conversación viró hacia el arte the conversation turned to art

■ virar

vt

A

1 (Náut) to tack, put … about

2 ‹traje/cuello› to turn

B (Fot) to tone

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virar (conjugate virar) verbo intransitivo

a) (Náut) to tack, go about

b) [vehículo/conductor] to turn;

◊ viró bruscamente she swerved

c) [política/partido] to veer

virar verbo intransitivo
1 (girar: un vehículo) to turn
(con brusquedad) to swerve
(un barco) to tack, veer
2 (en las ideas) to change, shift
'virar' also found in these entries:
English:
put about
- swing
- swerve
- veer

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virar

♦ vt

1. [girar] to turn (round)

2. Fot to tone

♦ vi

1. [girar] to turn (round);

Náut to tack;

virar en redondo to turn round

2. [cambiar] [persona] to do a volte-face o U-turn;

[ideas, política] to change radically

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virar

I v/i MAR tack, go about; AVIA bank; AUTO swerve; fig

change direction; de orientación, procedimiento etc change (completely)

II v/t FOT tint

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virar vi

: to tack, to turn, to veer

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virar vb to turn

el yate viró a la derecha the yacht turned to the right