devolver
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.
Anagrams edit
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
- Synonym: retornar
- Vou devolver isso.
- I'll give it back.
- 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 (“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