A2🔤 Letters F & G
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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