volta
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
volta (plural voltas)
- (music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
- (music, dance) A volte
- (poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.
See alsoEdit
Volta (literature) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Volta (literature)
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
VerbEdit
volta
- third-person singular present indicative form of voltar
- second-person singular imperative form of voltar
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
volt + -a (“possessive suffix”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
volta
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
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
volta m (genitive singular volta, nominative plural voltanna)
- (electricity) volt
DeclensionEdit
Declension of volta
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived termsEdit
- voltach (“voltaic”, adj)
- voltaiméadar m (“voltameter”)
- voltaimpéar m (“volt-ampere”)
- voltas m (“voltage”)
- voltmhéadar m (“voltmeter”)
ReferencesEdit
- "volta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Vulgar Latin root *volta, from volŭta (perhaps via *volvita (“a turn”)), the feminine form of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Also possibly from the past participle of volgere (volto), or from the verb voltare. Compare Spanish vuelta.
NounEdit
volta f (plural volte)
- time, instance, occasion
- due volte alla settimana ― twice a week
- tre volte tre fa nove ― three times three is nine
- turn
- (architecture, anatomy) vault
DescendantsEdit
- Greek: βόλτα (vólta, “turn, walk”)
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from volta
Etymology 2Edit
ParticipleEdit
volta
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
volta
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
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”).
NounEdit
volta f (plural voltas)
- return (act of returning)
- A volta do rei.
- The king’s return.
- A volta do rei.
- 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.
- O barco ficou preso numa volta do riacho.
- turnaround (act of turning around)
- Fiz uma volta com o carro.
- I turned the car around. (Literally: I did a turnaround with the car.)
- Fiz uma volta com o carro.
- a loop of a coil or spiral staircase
- loop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)
- (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.
- Não me saí bem nas voltas da vida.
SynonymsEdit
- (return): regresso, retorno
- (bend): curva, meandro, serpeio, sinuosidade, volteio
- (turnaround): giro, torneio, virada
- (volte-face): guinada, reviravolta, virada
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- voltinha (diminutive)
Terms derived from volta
Related termsEdit
Related terms
VerbEdit
volta