volver
Asturian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- bolver (obsolete)
- golver (obsolete or pronunciation spelling)
- vulver (Western, pronunciation spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Leonese bolver, from Latin volvere (“roll, roll back”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]volver
- to return, revert
- to come back
- Synonym: tornar
- to turn (someone)
- Synonym: tornar
- Asina vas volvelu tontu.
- You are going to turn him stupid like this.
- to return, give back
- Empréstotelu, mas has volvémelu llueu.
- I’ll lend it to you, but you’ll have to give it back soon.
- L’espeyu vuelve la imaxe.
- A mirror reflects back your own image.
- to turn away
- Synonym: tornar
- to flip over, turn over
- Synonym: voltiar
- Vuelvi la tortiella agora.
- Turn the omelette now.
- to vomit, throw up
- to turn around
- Synonym: voltiar
- Volvió la cabeza.
- He turned their head.
- (pronominal) to turn, become
- Volvióse llocu.
- He went crazy.
- (pronominal) to hit back, to defend oneself [with a]
- Al quita-y el balón l’otru neñu volvióse a él.
- When the other kid took his ball, he attacked him back.
- (pronominal) to confront (someone, either physically or verbally) [with a]
- Volvéivos a él y parái-y los pies.
- Confront him and stop him in his tracks.
- (pronominal) to rebel against [with a]
- El mozu volvióse al padre.
- The boy rebelled against his father.
Conjugation
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Further reading
[edit]- “volver”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
- García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “volver”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese volver, from Latin volvere (“roll, roll back”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]volver (first-person singular present volvo, first-person singular preterite volvín, past participle volvido, short past participle volto)
volver (first-person singular present volvo, first-person singular preterite volvim or volvi, past participle volvido, short past participle volto, reintegrationist norm)
- to return
- to oppose
- (intransitive) to defend [with por ‘someone/something’]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of volver (irregular short past participle)
Reintegrated conjugation of volver (irregular short past participle) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “volver”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “volver”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “volver”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “volver”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “volver”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese volver, from Latin volvere (“to roll, to roll back”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
Verb
[edit]volver (first-person singular present volvo, first-person singular preterite volvi, past participle volvido)
Usage notes
[edit]Although it is etymologically a cognate to Spanish volver, they're false friends and they don't have the same meaning. The Portuguese word that translates to Spanish volver is voltar.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of volver (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “volver”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “volver”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin volvere (“roll, roll back”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]volver (first-person singular present vuelvo, first-person singular preterite volví, past participle vuelto)
- to return, to revert, to get back
- Synonym: regresar
- Vuelvan a trabajar. / Vuelva al trabajo. ― Get back to work.
- to come back, go back
- Si realmente estás pensando en volver a aquel lugar sucio, debes haberte enloquecido totalmente.
- If you're really thinking about going back to that filthy place, you must have gone totally crazy.
- to do again
- Volvió a olvidarse de la foto. ― He forgot the photo again.
- to turn
- Synonyms: dar vuelta, girar, voltear
- (reflexive) to become, to get
- to make, to drive
- Esto me está volviendo loco. ― This is driving me mad.
- Me vuelves loco. ― You drive me crazy.
- (reflexive) to turn
Usage notes
[edit]- Hacerse, convertirse en, ponerse, quedar(se), volverse, and pasar a ser/estar can all be translated with English become. Here is how to use them:
- Hacerse, convertirse en, and volverse are used with words that use ser. Convertirse en is only used with nouns, while hacerse and volverse can be used with both nouns and adjectives:
- La empresa se hizo muy conocida en los últimos meses. (Es muy conocida.)
- The company became very well-known in the last few months. (It is very well-known.)
- Él se hizo bombero. (Es bombero.)
- He became a firefighter. (He is a firefighter.)
- La canción se convirtió en uno de los mayores éxitos de la historia. (Es uno de los mayores éxitos.)
- The song became one of the biggest hits in history. (It is one of the biggest hits.)
- El fútbol no se volvió muy popular en Estados Unidos. (No es muy popular.)
- Football/soccer didn't become very popular in the United States. (It is not very popular.)
- Mi hermano se volvió doctor. (Es doctor.)
- Mi brother became a doctor. (He is a doctor.)
- El cantante se volvió un loco antivaxxer. (loco is a noun meaning crazy person which uses ser)
- The singer turned into a crazy antivaxxer.
- Mi hija se volvió muy lista a los 10 años. (listo is an adjective with ser)
- My daughter got really smart when she was 10.
- On the other hand, ponerse and quedar(se) are used with adjectives that use estar. Quedar(se) focuses more on the result of something:
- Me quedé calvo. (calvo is an adjective here) ― I got bald (due to old age, etc.).
- Me puse calvo. ― I shaved my head.
- Me quedé rojo.
- I turned red/blushed (puts more emphasis on the fact that it's a result of something, practically interchangeable with "me puse rojo").
- Me puse rojo.
- I turned red/blushed. (almost synonymous, could theoretically also be used if you could consciously blush)
- Me quedé contento. ― I got happy (as a result of that, sounds more like a reaction).
- Me puse contento. ― I got happy (sounds more voluntary).
- Some adjectives have their own verbs: aburrirse instead of "ponerse aburrido", enojarse instead of "ponerse enojado", etc.
- Pasar a ser/estar is synonymous with all of these verbs and can in theory be used with any word, but it is more restricted in usage.
- Hacer, convertir en, poner, and volver can also be used transitively with a sense of "turn something into something else", "make something (adjective)", or "make something do something else".
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of volver (irregular; o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | volver | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | volviendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | vuelto | vuelta | |||||
| plural | vueltos | vueltas | |||||
| 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 | vuelvo | vuelvestú volvésvos |
vuelve | volvemos | volvéis | vuelven | |
| imperfect | volvía | volvías | volvía | volvíamos | volvíais | volvían | |
| preterite | volví | volviste | volvió | volvimos | volvisteis | volvieron | |
| future | volveré | volverás | volverá | volveremos | volveréis | volverán | |
| conditional | volvería | volverías | volvería | volveríamos | volveríais | volverían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | vuelva | vuelvastú volvásvos2 |
vuelva | volvamos | volváis | vuelvan | |
| imperfect (ra) |
volviera | volvieras | volviera | volviéramos | volvierais | volvieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
volviese | volvieses | volviese | volviésemos | volvieseis | volviesen | |
| future1 | volviere | volvieres | volviere | volviéremos | volviereis | volvieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | vuelvetú volvévos |
vuelva | volvamos | volved | vuelvan | ||
| negative | no vuelvas | no vuelva | no volvamos | no volváis | no vuelvan | ||
Selected combined forms of volver (irregular; o-ue alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Conjugation of volverse (irregular; o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “volver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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