voltar
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [bulˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [volˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [volˈtaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [bolˈta]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Verb
[edit]voltar (first-person singular present volto, first-person singular preterite voltí, past participle voltat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/
- to go round, go around, orbit
- to surround
- to turn round
- (castells, transitive or intransitive) to surround a construction built without a pinya, with arms outstretched to intervene and support the construction if necessary or to break a possible fall
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | voltar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | voltant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | voltat | voltada | |||||
| plural | voltats | voltades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | volto | voltes | volta | voltem | volteu | volten | |
| imperfect | voltava | voltaves | voltava | voltàvem | voltàveu | voltaven | |
| future | voltaré | voltaràs | voltarà | voltarem | voltareu | voltaran | |
| preterite | voltí | voltares | voltà | voltàrem | voltàreu | voltaren | |
| conditional | voltaria | voltaries | voltaria | voltaríem | voltaríeu | voltarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | volti | voltis | volti | voltem | volteu | voltin | |
| imperfect | voltés | voltessis | voltés | voltéssim | voltéssiu | voltessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | volta | volti | voltem | volteu | voltin | |
| negative (no) | — | no voltis | no volti | no voltem | no volteu | no voltin | |
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since circa 1750. Probably from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]voltar (first-person singular present volto, first-person singular preterite voltei, past participle voltado)
- (intransitive) to return; to come back; to go back
- 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:
- Ali dei tres voltas
como de recreo
Axiña ò deixei
Voltei para ò eido,- I went there for three strolls,
as if recreating,
Soon I left it,
went back to my home
- I went there for three strolls,
Conjugation
[edit]1Less recommended.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “voltar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “voltar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]voltar (apocopated)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese voltar, from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Verb
[edit]voltar (first-person singular present volto, first-person singular preterite voltei, past participle voltado)
- (intransitive) to return; to come back
- A rainha logo voltará da guerra.
- The queen will soon return from the war.
- Voltamos à nossa terra natal.
- We have returned to our native land.
- (intransitive) to return (to reach a previous state)
- Tive de voltar à etapa de planejamento.
- I had to return to the planning stage.
- (transitive) to turn (to adjust something in a direction)
- Voltei-me à parede.
- I turned towards the wall.
- Se voltarem seus olhos à esquerda, poderão ver o pôr do sol.
- If you turn our eyes left, you can see the sunset.
- (transitive) to shell out; to pay
- Voltara vinte euros pelo equipamento.
- He had shelled out twenty Euros for the equipment.
- (pronominal) to turn to (to start to rely on) [with a or para ‘someone/something’]
- O imperador teve que se voltar ao exército para se manter no poder.
- The emperor had to turn to the army to remain in power.
- (pronominal) to turn on; to turn against (to rebel against or oppose something formerly supported) [with contra ‘someone’]
- Meus amigos voltaram-se contra mim.
- My friends turned on me.
- (intransitive) to get back together (to resume a romantic relationship that was broken up) [with com ‘someone’]
- Dois meses após terminarmos, voltei com o Marcelo.
- Two months after we broke up, me and Marcelo got back together.
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “voltar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “voltar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]voltar
Venetan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere. Compare Italian voltare.
Verb
[edit]voltar
- (transitive) to turn (around)
Conjugation
[edit]* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
| infinitive | voltar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | voltando | |||
| past participle | voltà | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | volto | (te) volti | (el/ła) volta | voltémo, voltòn | volté | (i/łe) volta |
| imperfect | voltava | (te) voltavi | (el/ła) voltava | voltàvimo | voltavi | (i/łe) voltava |
| future | voltarò | (te) voltarè | (el/ła) voltarà | voltarémo | voltarè | (i/łe) voltarà |
| conditional | voltarìa | (te) voltarisi | (el/ła) voltarìa | voltarìsimo | voltarisi | (i/łe) voltarìa |
| subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
| present | volte, volta | (te) volti | (el/ła) volte, (el/ła) volta | voltémo, voltone | volté | (i/łe) volte, (i/łe) volta |
| imperfect | voltase | (te) voltasi | (el/ła) voltase | voltàsimo | voltasi | (i/łe) voltase |
| imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| — | (te) volta | (el/ła) volta, (el/ła) volte | voltémo | volté | (i/łe) volta, (i/łe) volte | |
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