Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | giro | |
| tú | giras | |
| él / ella / usted | gira | |
| nosotros / nosotras | giramos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | giráis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | giran |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | giré | |
| tú | giraste | |
| él / ella / usted | giró | |
| nosotros / nosotras | giramos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | girasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | giraron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | giraba | |
| tú | girabas | |
| él / ella / usted | giraba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | girábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | girabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | giraban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | giraré | |
| tú | girarás | |
| él / ella / usted | girará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | giraremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | giraréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | girarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | giraría | |
| tú | girarías | |
| él / ella / usted | giraría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | giraríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | giraríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | girarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | gire | |
| tú | gires | |
| él / ella / usted | gire | |
| nosotros / nosotras | giremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | giréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | giren |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to turn, pivot
- to spin, rotate, revolve, twirl, gyrate
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations