tornare

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to return, to come back
  2. (intransitive) to return, to reappear
  3. (intransitive) to start (doing something again)
  4. (intransitive) to be (healthy, beautiful, clean, etc.) again
  5. (intransitive) to add up correctly (of an account)
  6. (literary, transitive) to return, to give back
  7. (literary, transitive) to turn (one's face, etc.)

Synonyms

tornare indietro

fare girare

artornàre

andare in giro

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
tor‧nà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/torˈna.re/
Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der. Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Italian tornare Inherited from Latin tornāre (“to turn”).

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