retornar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ tornar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Homophone: retornà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

retornar (first-person singular present retorno, first-person singular preterite retorní, past participle retornat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. to return, go back, come back

Conjugation

Derived terms

• retorn

Further reading

• “retornar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “retornar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “retornar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Interlingua

Verb

retornar

1. to return

Conjugation

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

retornar (first-person singular present retorno, first-person singular preterite retornei, past participle retornado)

1. (intransitive) to return (to come or go back)

   Synonyms: regressar, voltar

2. (transitive) to return (give something back to its original holder or owner)
3. (transitive, specifically) to return (to take something back to the seller for a refund)
4. (transitive, computing) to return (to pass back data to the calling procedure)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• retorno

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /retoɾˈnaɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧tor‧nar

Verb

retornar (first-person singular present retorno, first-person singular preterite retorné, past participle retornado)

1. (transitive) to return, give back

   Synonym: devolver

2. (intransitive, reflexive) to return, come back

   Synonyms: regresar, volver

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “retornar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014