What is the Spanish translation for 'Turn around'?

• A. Gira
• B. Dese vuelta
• C. Da la vuelta
• D. Voltea

Answer: (B)

In Spanish, giving someone the command to turn around is about using the imperative form of a verb that fits the action. The most natural and widely understood option for telling a person to rotate their body is the verb girar in the imperative: Gira. It’s direct, clear, and commonly used in everyday speech.

There are other ways you might hear it, depending on region and level of formality. For formal address, you’d use the corresponding formal command: Gire. If you want to emphasize the action of turning over or facing the opposite direction more explicitly, Voltea or Da la vuelta can be used, but they carry slightly different nuances and aren’t as universally direct as Gira.

The form Dese vuelta (even with a missing accent: Dése la vuelta) is not standard in typical usage; the proper formal version would be Dése la vuelta, but it’s less common in everyday conversation than Gira. In short, the simplest, most natural translation for a casual command is Gira.