volta
Meaning
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- (feminine) return (act of returning)
- (feminine) bend (in a course, line, pipe, etc.)
- (feminine) turnaround (act of turning around)
- (feminine) a loop of a coil or spiral staircase
- (feminine) loop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)
- (feminine,figuratively) volte-face (a reversal of policy, attitude or principle)
- (feminine) stroll; walk
Frequency
Hyphenated as
vol‧ta
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɔw.tɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese volta (“turnaround”), from voltar (“to turn around”), from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.
New
voltar
- (intransitive) to return; to come back
- (intransitive) to return (to reach a previous state)
- (transitive) to turn (to adjust something in a direction)
- (transitive) to shell out; to pay
- (pronominal) to turn to (to start to rely on)
- (pronominal) to turn on; to turn against (to rebel against or oppose something formerly supported)
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