Usage examples of "girar" in Spanish with translation to English

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La rueda empezó a girar. The wheel began to turn.
Él hacía girar muy rápidamente ambas baquetas en sus manos. He spun both drumsticks very fast in his hands.
La bicicleta se inclina a la derecha antes de girar a la derecha. The bike leans on the right before turning right.
La habitación empezó a girar después de haber bebido unos tragos. The room started to spin after I drank too much.
No olvides girar a la izquierda cerca de la farmacia y verás una gran iglesia a la derecha. Don't forget to turn left near the drugstore and you will see a big church on the right.
Yo bebí mucho y el suelo parecía girar bajo mis pies. I drank too much and the ground seemed to spin under my feet.
Al girar la página, podemos mandar retirarse a los personajes de un libro sin miedo a herir sus sentimientos. By turning the page, we can dismiss the characters in a book without fear of hurting their feelings.
¿Puedes hacer girar una bola de baloncesto en la punta de un dedo? Can you spin a basketball on your fingertip?
Gira a la izquierda allí. Turn right there.
El mundo no gira alrededor tuyo. The world doesn't revolve around you.
Físicos descubrieron que los átomos están constituidos de vórtices de energía que están girando y vibrando constantemente. Physicists discovered that atoms are made up of vortices of energy that are constantly spinning and vibrating.
Gira aquella perilla hacia la derecha y la caja se abrirá. Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.
Esta manija no se gira. This handle will not turn.
Los planetas giran alrededor del sol. The planets revolve around the sun.
Ella giró el picaporte despacio. She turned the doorknob slowly.
La Tierra gira alrededor de su eje. The earth revolves on its axis.
Gira tu cabeza en este sentido. Turn your face this way.
La Tierra gira alrededor de su eje una vez cada 24 horas. The earth revolves on its axis once every 24 hours.
Gira la llave a la derecha. Turn the key to the right.
La gente solía pensar que el sol giraba alrededor de la Tierra. People used to think the sun revolved around the earth.
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