giro

Via German, from Italian giro (“circulation”), from Latin gyrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒaɪɹəʊ/

Homophones: gyro

giro (plural giros)

1. (in Europe) A transfer of funds between different account holders, carried out by the bank according to payer's written instructions.
2. (Britain, informal) An unemployment benefit cheque.

The use of paper giros is in decline in favour of electronic payments, which are regarded as faster, cheaper and safer due to the reduced risk of fraud.

• Gori, Igor

giro

1. environment

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of girar

From Italian giro, from Latin gyrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle”).

• IPA^(key): /sjiːro/, [ˈɕiːo]

giro c (singular definite giroen, plural indefinite giroer)

1. giro

giro

1. to fall

From Latin gȳrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒi.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: gì‧ro

giro m (plural giri)

1. turn, twist, rotation, revolution
2. detour
3. lap (of a race)
4. tour, trip, stroll
5. (in the plural) rounds (of a postman etc)
6. period, space, course, time, run
7. ring (illicit)
8. turn, round
9. circulation (of money)
10. row (of knitting)

giro

1. first-person singular indicative present of girare

• rigo, rigò

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros)

giro m (definite singular giroen, indefinite plural giroer, definite plural giroene)

1. a giro, a money transfer
2. a short-form payment slip

• “giro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros)

giro m (definite singular giroen, indefinite plural giroar, definite plural giroane)

1. a giro, a money transfer
2. a short-form payment slip

• “giro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒiru/

giro m (feminine singular gira, masculine plural giros, feminine plural giras, comparable)

1. (Portugal, colloquial) cute, pretty

   O gato é muito giro. ― The cat is very cute.

giro m (plural giros)

1. rotation, turn (the act of turning around a centre or an axis)

   Ele fez um giro de 180 graus.

   He has made a turnaround of a hundred and eighty degrees.

giro

1. first-person singular present indicative of gerir

From Latin gȳrus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈxi.ɾo̞]

giro m (plural giros)

1. turn, spin
2. tour
3. (finance) giro, a money transfer
4. (economics) economical activity type or kind
5. (chemistry) spin number

• dar un giro
• giro negro

giro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of girar.

giro n

1. giro (method or institution for money transfer)
2. a giro account
3. the bicycle competition Giro d'Italia (inflected like a noun, often capitalized, but not always)

   Hemmacyklisten Ivan Basso vann girot för andra gången

   The Italian bicyclist Ivan Basso won the Giro for the second time