UrsprungLikely from virrig (“confused”).
- to act in a confused manner
“Han vet inte vad han snackar om i sin insändare. Han virrar.” — He doesn't know what he's talking about in his letter to the editor. He's being confused.
- to move from place to place in a confused manner
“Efter att ha virrat omkring i en timme hittade de äntligen det berömda kebabstället” — After an hour of lost wandering about, they finally found the famous kebab place
- to mess up or make confusing through being confused
“Jag råkade virra till slutet av talet genom att blanda ihop Tyskland och Frankrike” — I made a confused mess of the end of the speech by mixing up Germany and France
Formervirrar(present) · virrade(preterite) · virrat(supine) · virra(imperative) · virra(active, infinitive) · virras(infinitive, passive) · virrat(active, supine) · virrats(passive, supine) · virra(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · virren(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · virrar(active, indicative, present) · virrade(active, indicative, past) · virras(indicative, passive, present) · virrades(indicative, passive, past) · virra(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · virrade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · virras(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · virrades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)
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