volta

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian

NounEdit

volta (plural voltas)

1. (music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
2. (music, dance) A volte
3. (poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

See alsoEdit

• Volta (literature) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

AnagramsEdit

• lovat

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CatalanEdit

NounEdit

volta f (plural voltes)

1. turn
2. lap (of a track)
3. time (instance)

SynonymsEdit

• (time): cop, vegada

VerbEdit

volta

1. third-person singular present indicative form of voltar
2. second-person singular imperative form of voltar

Further readingEdit

• “volta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

volt +‎ -a (“possessive suffix”)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoltɒ]
• Hyphenation: vol‧ta

NounEdit

volta

1. being, character, condition, rank, nature, or quality of someone or something

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	volta	—
accusative	voltát	—
dative	voltának	—
instrumental	voltával	—
causal-final	voltáért	—
translative	voltává	—
terminative	voltáig	—
essive-formal	voltaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	voltában	—
superessive	voltán	—
adessive	voltánál	—
illative	voltába	—
sublative	voltára	—
allative	voltához	—
elative	voltából	—
delative	voltáról	—
ablative	voltától	—

Possessive forms of volta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	voltom	—
2nd person sing.	voltod	—
3rd person sing.	volta	—
1st person plural	voltunk	—
2nd person plural	voltotok	—
3rd person plural	voltuk	—

Derived termsEdit

• voltaképpen

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IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English volt.

NounEdit

volta m (genitive singular volta, nominative plural voltanna)

1. (electricity) volt

Derived termsEdit

• voltach (“voltaic”, adj)
• voltaiméadar m (“voltameter”)
• voltaimpéar m (“volt-ampere”)
• voltas m (“voltage”)
• voltmhéadar m (“voltmeter”)

Further readingEdit

• "volta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔlta/

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Etymology 1Edit

From a Vulgar Latin root *volta, from *volŭta (perhaps via *volvita (“a turn”)), from the feminine form of Latin volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Also possibly from the past participle of volgere (volto), or from the verb voltare. Compare Spanish Spanish vuelta; cf. also Spanish bóveda, French voûte.

NounEdit

volta f (plural volte)

1. time, instance, occasion

   due volte alla settimana ― twice a week

   tre volte tre fa nove ― three times three is nine

2. turn
3. (architecture, anatomy) vault

DescendantsEdit

• Greek: βόλτα (vólta, “turn, walk”)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from volta

• alla volta
• alla volta di
• alle volte
• a volte
• c'era una volta

• delle volte
• giravolta
• per volta
• qualche volta
• talvolta

• una buona volta
• una volta
• una volta che
• una volta per tutte
• una volta tanto

Etymology 2Edit

ParticipleEdit

volta

1. feminine singular of volto

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

volta

1. third-person singular present of voltare
2. second-person singular imperative of voltare

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese volta (“turnaround”), from voltar (“to turn around”), from Vulgar Latin *voltāre, from Latin volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō (“I tumble”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn around”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɫtɐ/

  • Audio

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• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔwta/, /ˈvɔwtɐ/
• Homophone: Volta

NounEdit

volta f (plural voltas)

1. return (act of returning)

   A volta do rei.

   The king’s return.

2. a bend in a course, line, pipe, etc.

   O barco ficou preso numa volta do riacho.

   The boat got stuck in one of the creek’s bends.

3. turnaround (act of turning around)

   Fiz uma volta com o carro.

   I turned the car around. (Literally: I did a turnaround with the car.)

4. a loop of a coil or spiral staircase
5. loop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)
6. (figuratively) volte-face (a reversal of policy, attitude or principle)

   Não me saí bem nas voltas da vida.

   I didn’t do well in the volte-faces of life.

7. stroll; walk

   dar uma volta ― go for a walk

SynonymsEdit

• (return): regresso, retorno
• (bend): curva, meandro, serpeio, sinuosidade, volteio
• (turnaround): giro, torneio, virada
• (volte-face): guinada, reviravolta, virada

AntonymsEdit

• (return): ida, saída
• (bend): reta

Derived termsEdit

• voltinha (diminutive)

Terms derived from volta

• às voltas com
• à volta de
• cortar uma volta
• dar a volta por cima
• dar uma volta

• dar uma volta em
• dar volta ao juízo
• dar volta em
• de volta
• numa volta de mão

• por volta de
• volta de fiel
• volta e meia
• volta olímpica

Related termsEdit

Terms related to volta

• voltado
• voltador
• voltar
• volteada
• volteado

• volteador
• volteante
• voltear
• volteio

• volteiro
• voltejar
• voltejo
• volver

VerbEdit

volta

1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of voltar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of voltar