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viə(to change direction suddenly: The car veered across the road to avoid hitting a small boy.) virartr[vɪəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (ship, car) virar; (road) torcer2 (wind) cambiar de dirección\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto veer from one's course desviarse de su caminoto veer round figurative use cambiar de opiniónveer ['vɪr] vi: virar (dícese de un barco), girar (dícese de un coche), torcer (dícese de un camino)v.• virar v.vɪr, vɪə(r)intransitive verb \<\<vehicle/horse\>\> dar* un viraje, virar; \<\<wind\>\> cambiar de direcciónthe road veers to the left — el camino tuerce or se desvía hacia la izquierda
[vɪǝ(r)]VI (also: veer round) [ship] virar; [car] girar, torcer; [wind] cambiar de dirección, rolar (Met, Naut); (fig) cambiar (de rumbo)the wind veered to the east — el viento cambió hacia el este, el viento roló al este
the country has veered to the left — el país ha dado un giro hacia or a la izquierda
* * *[vɪr, vɪə(r)]intransitive verb \<\<vehicle/horse\>\> dar* un viraje, virar; \<\<wind\>\> cambiar de direcciónthe road veers to the left — el camino tuerce or se desvía hacia la izquierda
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