volver

From Old Galician-Portuguese volver, from Latin volvere, present active infinitive of volvō (“roll, roll back”).

• IPA^(key): [bolˈβeɾ]

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)

1. to return
2. to oppose
3. (intransitive) to defend [with por ‘someone/something’]

• revolver

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “volver”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “volv”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “volver”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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

From Old Galician-Portuguese volver, from Latin volvere (“to roll, to roll back”).

• Hyphenation: vol‧ver

volver (first-person singular present volvo, first-person singular preterite volvi, past participle volvido)

1. to make
2. to carry
3. to roll, shake

Inherited from Latin volvere (“roll, roll back”).

• IPA^(key): /bolˈbeɾ/ [bolˈβ̞eɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: vol‧ver

volver (first-person singular present vuelvo, first-person singular preterite volví, past participle vuelto)

1. to return, to revert, to get back

   Synonym: regresar

   Vuelvan a trabajar. / Vuelva al trabajo. ― Get back to work.

2. 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.

3. to do again

   Volvió a olvidarse de la foto. ― He forgot the photo again.

4. to turn

   Synonyms: dar vuelta, girar, voltear

5. (reflexive) to become, to get

   Synonyms: hacer, convertir, poner

   Me estoy volviendo loco. ― I am going crazy.

6. to make, to drive

   Esto me está volviendo loco. ― This is driving me mad.

   Me vuelves loco. ― You drive me crazy.

7. (reflexive) to turn

• 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.

• “volver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28