- 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).* * *virar► verbo intransitivo1 MARÍTIMO to tack, put about2 AUTOMÓVIL to turn round3 figurado to change► verbo transitivo1 (en fotografía) to tone\FRASEOLOGÍAvirar en redondo figurado to change completely* * *verbto turn, tack* * *1. VT1) (Náut) to put about, turn2) (Fot) to tone3) (LAm) (=dar vuelta a) to turn (round); (=invertir) to turn over, turn upside down4) (Caribe) (=azotar) to whip2. VI1) (=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 swingel 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:* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) (Náut) to tack, go aboutb) vehículo/conductor to turnviró bruscamente — she swerved
c) política/partido to veer2.virar vt1)a) (Náut) to tackb) <traje/cuello> to turn2) (Fot) to tone* * *----* virar bruscamente = swerve.* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) (Náut) to tack, go aboutb) vehículo/conductor to turnviró bruscamente — she swerved
c) política/partido to veer2.virar vt1)a) (Náut) to tackb) <traje/cuello> to turn2) (Fot) to tone* * ** virar bruscamente = swerve.* * *virar [A1 ]vi1 (Náut) to tack, go about2 «vehículo/conductor» to turnviró bruscamente she swerved sharply3 (cambiar de ideas, orientación) «política/partido» to veerha virado hacia una postura más radical he has veered toward a more radical positionla conversación viró hacia el arte the conversation turned to art■ virarvtA1 (Náut) to tack, put … about2 ‹traje/cuello› to turnB (Fot) to tone* * *
virar (conjugate virar) verbo intransitivoa) (Náut) to tack, go aboutb) [vehículo/conductor] to turn;◊ viró bruscamente she swervedc) [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
* * *virar♦ vt1. [girar] to turn (round)2. Fot to tone♦ vi1. [girar] to turn (round);Náut to tack;virar en redondo to turn round2. [cambiar] [persona] to do a volte-face o U-turn;[ideas, política] to change radically* * *virarI v/i MAR tack, go about; AVIA bank; AUTO swerve; figchange direction; de orientación, procedimiento etc change (completely)II v/t FOT tint* * *virar vi: to tack, to turn, to veer* * *virar vb to turnel yate viró a la derecha the yacht turned to the right
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.