Talk:girare

girare with essere
Imetsia, are you sure about "to go through one's head" (Un'immagine dolorosa gli girava per la testa) taking essere? This is contrary to what Treccani says in sense 2b figurative (where the following example is given: o che ti gira per la testa ora?). If this is correct, which other senses take essere? Treccani does not identify "to go through one's head" as a separate sense and I'd argue it's just a particular use of "to circulate". Benwing2 (talk) 05:28, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I can confirm that it does take essere in that sense (eg: "Questa domanda mi è girata per la testa da anni"), and I believe also in the sense of the phrase "Dipende da come gli gira", though I'd rarely use a passato prossimo on such senses. I am getting some google hits for "ha girato per la testa", so some speakers seem to have an oscillation, though I don't know how common that is. I'm not sure how it should be handled sense-wise. Catonif (talk) 06:17, 18 January 2023 (UTC)