voltar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *voltāre, from Latin volutāre, present active infinitive of volutō, frequentative of volvō.

Verb

voltar (first-person singular present volto, first-person singular preterite voltí, past participle voltat)

1. to go round, go around, orbit
2. to surround
3. to turn round

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Italian

Verb

voltar

1. Apocopic form of voltare

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese voltar, from Vulgar Latin *voltāre, from Latin volutāre, present active infinitive of volutō, frequentative of volvō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔɫ.ˈtaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /vow.ˈta(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: vol‧tar

Verb

1. (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.

2. (intransitive) to return (to reach a previous state)

   Tive de voltar à etapa de planejamento.

   I had to return to the planning stage.

3. (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.

4. (transitive) to shell out; to pay

   Voltara vinte euros pelo equipamento.

   He had shelled out twenty Euros for the equipment.

5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with a or para) to turn to (to start to rely on)

   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.

6. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with contra) to turn on; to turn against (to rebel against or oppose something formerly supported)

   Meus amigos voltaram-se contra mim.

   My friends turned on me.

Related terms

• volver
• volta

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Venetian

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *voltāre, from Latin volutāre, present active infinitive of volutō, frequentative of volvō. Compare Italian voltare, volgere.

Verb

voltar

1. (transitive) to turn (around)

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of voltar (first conjugation)

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	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	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

Related terms

• voltarse