volta

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Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

volta (plural voltas)

  1. (music) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated.
  2. (music, dance) A volte
  3. (poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

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Verb[edit]

volta

  1. Third-person singular present indicative form of voltar.
  2. Second-person singular imperative form of voltar.

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volta m

  1. (sciences) A volt

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin root *volvita ("a turn") or *volŭta, from volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Also possibly from the past participle of volgere (volto), or from the verb voltare. Compare Spanish vuelta.

Noun[edit]

volta f (plural volte)

  1. time, instance, occasion
    due volte alla settimana - twice a week
    tre volte tre fa nove - three times three is nine
  2. turn
  3. (architecture, anatomy) vault
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

volta

  1. feminine form of volto

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Verb[edit]

volta

  1. third-person singular present tense of voltare
  2. second-person singular imperative of voltare

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese volta (turnaround), from voltar (to turn around), from Vulgar Latin *voltāre, from Latin volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō (I tumble), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn around).

Noun[edit]

volta f (plural voltas)

  1. return (act of returning)
    A volta do rei.
    The king’s return.
  2. a bend in a course, line, pipe, etc.
    O barco ficou preso numa volta do riacho.
    The boat got stuck in one of the creek’s bends.
  3. turnaround (act of turning around)
    Fiz uma volta com o carro.
    I turned the car around. (Literally: I did a turnaround with the car.)
  4. a loop of a coil or spiral staircase
  5. loop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)
  6. (figuratively) volte-face (a reversal of policy, attitude or principle)
    Não me saí bem nas voltas da vida.
    I didn’t do well in the volte-faces of life.

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Verb[edit]

volta (infinitive: voltar)

  1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of voltar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of voltar