voltear

Portuguese

Etymology

From volta +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voɫ.ˈtjaɾ/, /vɔɫ.ˈtjaɾ/
• Hyphenation: vol‧te‧ar

Verb

1. to rotate, turn, veer
2. to flutter
3. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology

From vuelta +‎ -ear. Compare Latin volūtāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bolteˈaɾ/ [bol̪.t̪eˈaɾ]

• Audio:

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Verb

voltear (first-person singular present volteo, first-person singular preterite volteé, past participle volteado)

1. to turn

   Synonyms: dar vuelta, girar, volver

Conjugation

    Conjugation of voltear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			voltear
gerund			volteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volteado		volteada
		plural		volteados		volteadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	volteo	volteastú volteásvos	voltea	volteamos	volteáis	voltean
	imperfect	volteaba	volteabas	volteaba	volteábamos	volteabais	volteaban
	preterite	volteé	volteaste	volteó	volteamos	volteasteis	voltearon
	future	voltearé	voltearás	volteará	voltearemos	voltearéis	voltearán
	conditional	voltearía	voltearías	voltearía	voltearíamos	voltearíais	voltearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	voltee	volteestú volteésvos2	voltee	volteemos	volteéis	volteen
	imperfect (ra)	volteara	voltearas	volteara	volteáramos	voltearais	voltearan
	imperfect (se)	voltease	volteases	voltease	volteásemos	volteaseis	volteasen
	future1	volteare	volteares	volteare	volteáremos	volteareis	voltearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		volteatú volteávos	voltee	volteemos	voltead	volteen
	negative		no voltees	no voltee	no volteemos	no volteéis	no volteen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of voltear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive voltear
	dative	voltearme	voltearte	voltearle, voltearse	voltearnos	voltearos	voltearles, voltearse
	accusative	voltearme	voltearte	voltearlo, voltearla, voltearse	voltearnos	voltearos	voltearlos, voltearlas, voltearse
with gerund volteando
	dative	volteándome	volteándote	volteándole, volteándose	volteándonos	volteándoos	volteándoles, volteándose
	accusative	volteándome	volteándote	volteándolo, volteándola, volteándose	volteándonos	volteándoos	volteándolos, volteándolas, volteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative voltea
	dative	voltéame	voltéate	voltéale	voltéanos	not used	voltéales
	accusative	voltéame	voltéate	voltéalo, voltéala	voltéanos	not used	voltéalos, voltéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative volteá
	dative	volteame	volteate	volteale	volteanos	not used	volteales
	accusative	volteame	volteate	voltealo, volteala	volteanos	not used	voltealos, voltealas
with formal second-person singular imperative voltee
	dative	voltéeme	not used	voltéele, voltéese	voltéenos	not used	voltéeles
	accusative	voltéeme	not used	voltéelo, voltéela, voltéese	voltéenos	not used	voltéelos, voltéelas
with first-person plural imperative volteemos
	dative	not used	volteémoste	volteémosle	volteémonos	volteémoos	volteémosles
	accusative	not used	volteémoste	volteémoslo, volteémosla	volteémonos	volteémoos	volteémoslos, volteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative voltead
	dative	volteadme	not used	volteadle	volteadnos	volteaos	volteadles
	accusative	volteadme	not used	volteadlo, volteadla	volteadnos	volteaos	volteadlos, volteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative volteen
	dative	voltéenme	not used	voltéenle	voltéennos	not used	voltéenles, voltéense
	accusative	voltéenme	not used	voltéenlo, voltéenla	voltéennos	not used	voltéenlos, voltéenlas, voltéense

Derived terms

• volteada
• volteador
• volteo
• voltereta

 

Further reading

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