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Italian word

girare

to turn, to rotate, to wander, to film (a movie)

Looks like

to gyrate

to rotate or spiral

⚠️ The trap

Girare means to turn or rotate — but also to wander around a place ('giriamo per la città' = we walk around the city) and to shoot a film. English 'gyrate' only means to spiral/rotate.

To say "to rotate or spiral" in Italian:

girare covers turning, wandering, and filming

"girare" in English means:

to turn, to rotate, to wander, to film (a movie)

Example

"Abbiamo girato un film a Roma."

"We filmed a movie in Rome."

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