volver
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese volver, from Latin volvere, present active infinitive of volvō (“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
- (transitive with por) to defend
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References edit
- “volver” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “volv” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “volver” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “volver” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “volver” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese volver, from Latin volvere (“to roll, to roll back”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: vol‧ver
Verb edit
volver (first-person singular present volvo, first-person singular preterite volvi, past participle volvido)
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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
- The use of volverse as a verb of becoming implies a change of belief or commitment and is felt to be more permanent than ponerse.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | volver | ||||||
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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 |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading edit
- “volver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014