ViaGerman, fromItaliangiro(“circulation”), fromLatingyrus(“circle”), fromAncient Greekγῦρος(gûros,“circle”), fromProto-Indo-European*gew-(“to curve, to bend”).
giro (pluralgiros)
- (in Europe, etc.) Atransfer offunds between differentaccount holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
- (UK, Ireland, informal) Anunemploymentbenefitcheque.
1994 [1993],Irvine Welsh, “The First Shag in Ages”, inTrainspotting, London: Minerva,→ISBN,page146:His Sheperd's Bushgiro was in doubt now, because he had declined the exciting career opportunity to work in the Burger King in Notting Hill Gate.
type of transfer of funds
giro (third-person singular simple presentgiros,present participlegiroing,simple past and past participlegiroed)
- Totransferfunds between differentaccount holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
giro inan
- environment
giro
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofgirar
FromItaliangiro, fromLatingyrus, fromAncient Greekγῦρος(gûros,“circle”).
giro c (singular definitegiroen,plural indefinitegiroer)
- giro
Borrowed fromItaliangiro, fromLatingyrus, fromAncient Greekγῦρος(gûros,“circle”).
- IPA(key): /ˈɣi.roː/
- Hyphenation:gi‧ro
giro m (pluralgiro's,diminutivegirootje n)
- giro(transfer of funds)
giro
- tofall
Borrowed fromDutchgiro, fromItaliangiro, fromLatingyrus, fromAncient Greekγῦρος(gûros,“circle”).
giro (pluralgiro-giro)
- (banking)demand deposit
- Synonym:simpanan giro
- (banking)chequing account,cheque account,checking account,current account
Borrowed fromJavaneseꦒꦶꦫꦺꦴ(giro,“to leap up screaming (in fright)”).
giro (pluralgiro-giro)
- (music) the opening song comes from the sounds of cente, saron, demung, selentem, kendang and gong, used to start a performance, for example ludruk
FromLatingȳrus, fromAncient Greekγῦρος(gûros).
giro m (pluralgiri)
- turn,twist,rotation,revolution
- detour
- lap (of a race)
- stroll,walk
- Synonym:passeggiata
- (in theplural)rounds (of a postman etc.)
- period,space,course,time,run
- ring (illicit)
- turn,round
- circulation (of money)
- row (of knitting)
(many likely via German)
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
giro
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofgirare
FromItaliangiro, fromAncient Greekγῦρος(gûros).
giro m (definite singulargiroen,indefinite pluralgiroer,definite pluralgiroene)
- agiro, amoneytransfer
- a short-form payment slip
- “giro” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
FromItaliangiro, fromAncient Greekγῦρος(gûros).
giro m (definite singulargiroen,indefinite pluralgiroar,definite pluralgiroane)
- agiro, amoneytransfer
- a short-form payment slip
- “giro” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
- IPA(key): /ˈɡi.rɔ/
- Rhymes:-irɔ
- Syllabification:gi‧ro
giro f
- vocativesingular ofgira
- Rhymes:-iɾu
- Hyphenation:gi‧ro
Borrowed fromLatingȳrus.[1]
giro m (pluralgiros)
- rotation,turn(the act of turning around a centre or an axis)
- Synonyms:rotação,volta
Ele fez umgiro de 180 graus.- He has made a turnaround of a hundred and eighty degrees.
Giro with the meaning of turn is not usually used in Portugal, withrotação orvolta being preferred.
giro (femininegira,masculine pluralgiros,feminine pluralgiras)
- (Portugal, colloquial)pretty,beautiful
- Synonyms:belo,bonito,gato
- O papel de parede é muitogiro. ―The wallpaper is verypretty.
- Sim, ela égira. ―Yes, she ispretty.
- (Portugal, colloquial)interesting,nice
- Acho que é uma ideiagira. ―I think it's aninteresting idea.
- (geometry, of anangle) with 360degrees.
- Synonym:completo
- ângulogiro ―round angle
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
giro
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofgirar
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
giro
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofgerir
- IPA(key): /ˈxiɾo/[ˈxi.ɾo]
- Rhymes:-iɾo
- Syllabification:gi‧ro
FromLatingȳrus.
giro m (pluralgiros)
- turn,spin
- navegacióngiro agiro ―turn-by-turn navigation
- tour
- (finance)giro, amoney transfer
- (economics) economicalactivity type or kind
- (chemistry)spin number
- turn of events,development
- turn of phrase
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
giro
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofgirar
giro n
- giro (method or institution for money transfer)
- agiroaccount
- the bicycle competition Giro d'Italia (inflected like a noun, often capitalized, but not always)
- Hemmacyklisten Ivan Basso vanngirot för andra gången
- The Italian bicyclist Ivan Basso won the Giro for the second time
