veer

veer
viə
verb
(to change direction suddenly: The car veered across the road to avoid hitting a small boy.) virar
veer
tr[vɪəSMALLr/SMALL]
intransitive verb
1 (ship, car) virar; (road) torcer
2 (wind) cambiar de dirección
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to veer from one's course desviarse de su camino
to veer round figurative use cambiar de opinión
veer ['vɪr] vi
: virar (dícese de un barco), girar (dícese de un coche), torcer (dícese de un camino)
veer
v.
• virar v.
vɪr, vɪə(r)
intransitive verb \<\<vehicle/horse\>\> dar* un viraje, virar; \<\<wind\>\> cambiar de dirección

the road veers to the left — el camino tuerce or se desvía hacia la izquierda

they veered from one extreme to the other — se pasaron de un extremo al otro

[vɪǝ(r)]
VI (also: veer round) [ship] virar; [car] girar, torcer; [wind] cambiar de dirección, rolar (Met, Naut); (fig) cambiar (de rumbo)

the car veered off the road — el coche se salió de la carretera

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

it veers from one extreme to the other — oscila desde un extremo al otro

people are veering round to our point of view — la gente está empezando a aceptar nuestro criterio

* * *
[vɪr, vɪə(r)]
intransitive verb \<\<vehicle/horse\>\> dar* un viraje, virar; \<\<wind\>\> cambiar de dirección

the road veers to the left — el camino tuerce or se desvía hacia la izquierda

they veered from one extreme to the other — se pasaron de un extremo al otro


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