Meaning
to bypass, circumvent, go around, get around
- to outflank
In a sentence
Per aggirare il traffico, prendo la strada dietro.
To get around traffic, I take the road behind.
Hai aggirato il blocco con una strada secondaria?
Did you bypass the roadblock with a side road?
La squadra ha aggirato la difesa negli ultimi minuti.
The team outflanked the defense in the final minutes.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| aggirare | infinitive |
| aggiriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| aggiro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| aggirate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aggiri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aggirano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| aggira | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aggiravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| aggiravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| aggiravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| aggiravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| aggiravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| aggirava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| aggirammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| aggirai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| aggiraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| aggirasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| aggirarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| aggirò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| aggireremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| aggirerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| aggirerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| aggirerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| aggireranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| aggirerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| aggiriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| aggiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| aggiriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aggiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- Often takes a direct object: aggirare un ostacolo, una regola, un problema. Less often used absolutely than English “get around.”
- For physical movement, girare intorno a is more literal. Aggirare often suggests strategy, avoidance, or finding a workaround.
- With laws or rules, it can imply dodging them cleverly, not openly breaking them. Stronger and more pointed than evitare.