verto

Italian

Verb

verto

1. first-person singular present indicative of vertere

Anagrams

• torve, vetro

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Cognates include Sanskrit वर्तयति (vartayati, “he turns”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙 (varət-), Proto-Slavic *vrьteti- (Old Church Slavonic врьтѣти, Russian вертеть (vertet’, “to rotate”)), Proto-Baltic *wert- (Lithuanian ver̃sti), Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”) (Old English weorþan (“to happen”), English worth), Old Irish dofortad (“to pour out”)

Verb

present active vertō, present infinitive vertere, perfect active vertī, supine versum.

1. I turn, revolve.
2. I turn around.
3. I exchange.
4. I translate.
5. I retreat.

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vertō	vertis	vertit	vertimus	vertitis	vertunt
	future	vertam	vertēs	vertet	vertēmus	vertētis	vertent
	imperfect	vertēbam	vertēbās	vertēbat	vertēbāmus	vertēbātis	vertēbant
	perfect	vertī	vertistī	vertit	vertimus	vertistis	vertērunt
	future perfect	verterō	verteris	verterit	verterimus	verteritis	verterint
	pluperfect	verteram	verterās	verterat	verterāmus	verterātis	verterant
passive	present	vertor	verteris	vertitur	vertimur	vertiminī	vertuntur
	future	vertar	vertēris	vertētur	vertēmur	vertēminī	vertentur
	imperfect	vertēbar	vertēbāris	vertēbātur	vertēbāmur	vertēbāminī	vertēbantur
	perfect	Use versus m, versa f, versum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use versus m, versa f, versum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use versus m, versa f, versum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vertam	vertās	vertat	vertāmus	vertātis	vertant
	imperfect	verterem	verterēs	verteret	verterēmus	verterētis	verterent
	perfect	verterim	verterīs	verterit	verterīmus	verterītis	verterint
	pluperfect	vertissem	vertissēs	vertisset	vertissēmus	vertissētis	vertissent
passive	present	vertar	vertāris	vertātur	vertāmur	vertāminī	vertantur
	imperfect	verterer	verterēris	verterētur	verterēmur	verterēminī	verterentur
	perfect	Use versus m, versa f, versum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use versus m, versa f, versum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	verte	vertitō	vertitō	vertere	vertitor	vertitor
	plural	vertite	vertitōte	vertuntō	vertiminī	—	vertuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vertere	vertisse	versūrus esse	vertī	versus esse	versum īrī
participles		vertēns (vertentis)	—	versūrus-ra, -rum	—	versus-a, -um	vertendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

advertō āvertō converto dēvertō dīvertō

ēvertō intervertō invertō obvertō pervertō

revertō, revertor subvertō trānsvertō versiō versus

Related terms

• terga vertō
• versō

Descendants

• Old French: vertir
• Italian: vertere
• Spanish: vertir, verter

See also

• volvō

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Venetian

Verb

verto m (f verta, m plural verti, f plural verte)

1. Past participle of verxar

Adjective

verto m (f verta, m plural verti, f plural verte)

1. open