devolver

Meaning

  1. to return, refund, restore, give back, hand back, bring back, send back etc.
  2. to pay back, repay (to pay an amount of money owed to another)
  3. to devolve
  4. (colloquial) to throw up, to vomit

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
de‧vol‧ver
Pronounced as (IPA)
/debolˈbeɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin dēvolvere (“roll or tumble off or down”). Cognate with English devolve.

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