devolver
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
devolver (plural devolvers)
- A devolutionist.
- 1999, Paul Charles Light, The True Size of Government, page 55:
- It is on more traditional political attitudes where devolvers and reinventors draw on very different constituencies, creating two distinct packages of views toward government.
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin dēvolvere (“to roll or to tumble off or down”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: de‧vol‧ver
Verb[edit]
devolver (first-person singular present devolvo, first-person singular preterite devolvi, past participle devolvido)
- to return, give back
- Vou devolver isso.
- I'll give it back.
- Synonym: retornar
- to refund, to reimburse
- Synonym: reembolsar
- to devolve
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of devolver (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dēvolvere, present active infinitive of dēvolvō (“roll or tumble off or down”). Cognate with English devolve.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
devolver (first-person singular present devuelvo, first-person singular preterite devolví, past participle devuelto)
- to return, refund, restore, give back, hand back, bring back, send back etc.
- to pay back, repay (to pay an amount of money owed to another)
- to devolve
- (colloquial) to throw up, to vomit
- Synonym: vomitar
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of devolver (irregular; o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of devolver (irregular; o-ue alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading[edit]
- “devolver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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