voltar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

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• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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voltar (first-person singular present volto, first-person singular preterite voltí, past participle voltat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to go round, go around, orbit
2. to surround
3. to turn round

Attested since circa 1750. Probably from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

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voltar (first-person singular present volto, first-person singular preterite voltei, past participle voltado)

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

   Synonyms: tornar, volver

   • 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:

     Ali dei tres voltas
     como de recreo
     Axiña ò deixei
     Voltei para ò eido,

     I went there for three strolls,
     as if recreating,
     Soon I left it,
     went back to my home

• volta

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “voltar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “voltar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

voltar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of voltare

From Old Galician-Portuguese voltar, from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

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• Hyphenation: vol‧tar

voltar (first-person singular present volto, first-person singular preterite voltei, past participle voltado)

1. (intransitive) to return; to come back

   A rainha logo voltará da guerra.

   The queen will soon return from the war.

   Voltamos à nossa terra natal.

   We have returned to our native land.

2. (intransitive) to return (to reach a previous state)

   Tive de voltar à etapa de planejamento.

   I had to return to the planning stage.

3. (transitive) to turn (to adjust something in a direction)

   Voltei-me à parede.

   I turned towards the wall.

   Se voltarem seus olhos à esquerda, poderão ver o pôr do sol.

   If you turn our eyes left, you can see the sunset.

4. (transitive) to shell out; to pay

   Voltara vinte euros pelo equipamento.

   He had shelled out twenty Euros for the equipment.

5. (pronominal) to turn to (to start to rely on)

   O imperador teve que se voltar ao exército para se manter no poder.

   The emperor had to turn to the army to remain in power.

6. (pronominal) to turn on; to turn against (to rebel against or oppose something formerly supported)

   Meus amigos voltaram-se contra mim.

   My friends turned on me.

• volver
• volta

voltar

1. present indicative of volta

• oltar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere. Compare Italian voltare.

voltar

1. (transitive) to turn (around)

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.