tornare

See also: tornaré

Asturian

Verb

tornare

1. inflection of tornar:
   1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

Italian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.

Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor.

Latin tornus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin tornō

Italian tornare

Inherited from Latin tornāre (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torˈna.re/

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• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: tor‧nà‧re

Verb

tornàre (first-person singular present tórno, first-person singular past historic tornài, past participle tornàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

1. (intransitive) to return, to come back
2. (intransitive) to return, to reappear
3. (intransitive) to start (doing something again) [with a (+ infinitive)]
4. (intransitive) to be (healthy, beautiful, clean, etc.) again
5. (intransitive) to add up correctly (of an account)
6. (transitive, literary) to return, to give back
7. (transitive, literary) to turn (one's face, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tornàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	tornàre
auxiliary verb		èssere1, avére2	gerund		tornàndo
present participle		tornànte	past participle		tornàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tórno	tórni	tórna	torniàmo	tornàte	tórnano
imperfect	tornàvo	tornàvi	tornàva	tornavàmo	tornavàte	tornàvano
past historic	tornài	tornàsti	tornò	tornàmmo	tornàste	tornàrono
future	tornerò	tornerài	tornerà	tornerémo	torneréte	tornerànno
conditional	tornerèi	tornerésti	tornerèbbe, tornerébbe	tornerémmo	torneréste	tornerèbbero, tornerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	tórni	tórni	tórni	torniàmo	torniàte	tórnino
imperfect	tornàssi	tornàssi	tornàsse	tornàssimo	tornàste	tornàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		tórna	tórni	torniàmo	tornàte	tórnino
negative imperative		non tornàre	non tórni	non torniàmo	non tornàte	non tórnino

¹Intransitive.
²Transitive.

Derived terms

• contornare

Related terms

• tornarsene
• tornarsi

See also

• ritornare

Anagrams

• orrante, rorante, terrona, tornerà

Latin

Verb

tornāre

1. inflection of tornō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

Verb

tornare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tornar