# volta
## English
### Etymology

From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.

### Noun

volta (plural voltas)
* (music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
* (music, dance) A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
    Synonyms: levalto, volte
* (poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

### Further reading

* Volta (literature) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* lovat, votal

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

From the verb voltar (“to turn, spin around”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbɔl.tə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈvɔl.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈvɔl.ta]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)

#### Noun

volta f (plural voltes)
* turn, spin
* (architecture) vault (an arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling)
* lap (of a track)
* time (instance)
    Synonyms: cop, vegada
* (cycling) tour (bicycle race)

##### Derived terms

* clau de volta
* donar la volta
* donar volta
* donar voltes
* fer la volta
* sotavolta
* tal volta

##### Related terms

* voltar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

volta
* inflection of voltar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “volta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “volta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “volta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “volta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Latin volvo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvolta]

### Noun

volta f
* lavolta (dance)

#### Declension
### See also

* voluta

### Further reading

* “volta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “volta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese volta (“revolt”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from voltar (“to turn around”), from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔlta/

#### Noun

volta f (plural voltas)
* turnaround
* overturn
* turn, bend
    Esa estrada ten moitas voltas. ― That road has many bends.
* return
    Synonym: retorno
* somersault
    Synonyms: pirueta, pinchacarneiro, pinchagato, reviravolta
* change (money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item)
    Paguei dez euros e deume cinco de volta. ― I paid ten euros and he hand me five in change
* backside
    Na volta hai un debuxo. ― On the backside there is a sketch.
* detour
* walk, stroll
    Synonym: paseo
** 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:Ali dei tres voltas como de recreo Axiña ò deixei Voltei para ò eido,I went there for three strolls, as if recreating. Soon I left it, went back to my home
* turn of events
* (archaic) disturbance, riot, revolt
    Synonym: revolta
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 561:Et começou o torneo a creçer tãto, et a seer o acapelamento tã grande, et a uolta et os braados et os alaridos et os sõos dos cornos et das tronpas tã grandes et tã esquiuos que ome nõ se podía oýrAnd the tournament began to grow so much, and the carnage was so large, and the din and the shouts and the yells and the sound of the horns and of the trumpets so big and harsh that a man couldn't heard himself

##### Derived terms

* dar unha volta
* dar voltas
* reviravolta

##### Related terms

* revolta
* voltar

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “volta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “volta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bolta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “volta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “volta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “volta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

volta
* inflection of voltar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From the original vol- stem of van (“to be”) +‎ -ta (noun-forming suffix), the latter from -t (noun-forming suffix) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvoltɒ]
* Hyphenation: vol‧ta
* Rhymes: -tɒ

### Noun

volta
* being, character, condition, rank, nature, or quality of someone or something
    Synonyms: jelleg (“character, nature, feature”), -ság/-ség (“-ness”)
** 1915, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (Hungarian translation: Miklós Györffy; English translation: Ian Johnston)
    Húga persze igyekezett leplezni az egésznek a kínos voltát, és ahogy telt az idő, ez egyre jobban sikerült is neki (…)
       The sister admittedly sought to cover up the awkwardness of everything as much as possible, and, as time went by, she naturally got more successful at it. (literally, “…cover up the whole [thing] being awkward…” or “the awkward nature of the whole [thing]…”)
    Samsa úr, bizalmatlanságában, amelynek alaptalan volta nyilvánvalóvá vált, a két nővel együtt kilépett az előtérre (…)
       In what turned out to be an entirely groundless mistrust, Mr. Samsa stepped with the two women out onto the landing (…) (literally, “Mr. Samsa in his mistrust, whose being groundless became evident,…”)

#### Derived terms

* jóvoltából
* mivolta
* voltaképp
* voltaképpen
* voltaképpeni

### Further reading

* volta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

### Noun

volta m (genitive singular volta, nominative plural voltanna)
* (electricity) volt

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
volta
voltanna
vocative
a volta
a voltanna
genitive
volta
voltanna
dative
volta
voltanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an volta
na voltanna
genitive
an volta
na voltanna
dative
leis an volta don volta
leis na voltanna :

#### Derived terms

* fótavoltach
* voltach
* voltaiméadar
* voltaimpéar
* voltas
* voltmhéadar

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “volta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “volta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “volta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From a Vulgar Latin root *volta, from *volŭta (perhaps via *volvita (“a turn”)), from the feminine form of Latin volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Also possibly from the past participle of volgere (volto), or from the verb voltare. Compare Spanish vuelta; cf. also Spanish bóveda, French voûte.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔl.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlta
* Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

#### Noun

volta f (plural volte)
* time, instance, occasion
    a volte ― sometimes
    due volte alla settimana ― twice a week
    tre volte tre fa nove ― three times three is nine
* turn
* (architecture) vault
    Hyponyms: volta a botte, volta a crociera, volta a vela
    Coordinate term: cupola
* (anatomy) vault

##### Derived terms

* a volte
* alla volta
* alla volta di
* alle volte
* c'era una volta
* delle volte
* di volta in volta
* giravolta
* per volta
* qualche volta
* talvolta
* una buona volta
* una volta
* una volta che
* una volta per tutte
* una volta tanto

##### Descendants

* → German: Volte
** → Swedish: volt
*** → Finnish: voltti
* → Greek: βόλτα (vólta, “turn, walk”)
* → Hungarian: bolt (“shop”)
* → Ottoman Turkish: اولته (olta), اولطه (olta)
** Turkish: olta
** → Armenian: օլթա (ōltʻa)
* → Slavomolisano: vota
* → Turkish: volta

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvol.ta/
* Rhymes: -olta
* Hyphenation: vól‧ta

#### Adjective

volta f sg
* feminine singular of volto (“facing, concerning”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔl.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlta
* Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

#### Participle

volta f sg
* feminine singular of volto (“(having) turned”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔl.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlta
* Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

#### Verb

volta
* inflection of voltare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* vulta
* voltūs

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯ul.ta/, [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪t̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈvul.ta/, [ˈvul̪t̪ä]

### Noun

volta n
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum (“expression, appearance; image, likeness; face; visage, countenance”)

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian volta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔl.ta/

### Noun

volta f (plural volti)
* turn
* (nautical) hitch

#### Derived terms

* vvoltja

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈvolːta/

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

volta
* volt

##### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

volta
* somersault, volte

##### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔl.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɔlta
* Syllabification: vol‧ta

### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French volte.

#### Noun

volta f
* Alternative spelling of wolta

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

volta m inan
* genitive singular of volt

### Further reading

* volta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* volta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɔw.tɐ/ [ˈvɔʊ̯.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɔw.tɐ/ [ˈvɔʊ̯.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɔw.ta/ [ˈvɔʊ̯.ta]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɔl.tɐ/ [ˈvɔɫ.tɐ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɔl.tɐ/ [ˈvɔɫ.tɐ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɔl.tɐ/ [ˈbɔɫ.tɐ]
* Homophone: Volta
* Hyphenation: vol‧ta

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese volta (“turnaround”), from voltar (“to turn around”), from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

#### Noun

volta f (plural voltas)
* return (act of returning)
    Synonyms: regresso, retorno
    Antonyms: ida, saída
    A volta do rei.The king’s return.
* bend (in a course, line, pipe, etc.)
    Synonyms: curva, meandro, serpeio, sinuosidade, volteio
    Antonym: reta
    O barco ficou preso numa volta do riacho.The boat got stuck in one of the creek’s bends.
* turnaround (act of turning around)
    Synonyms: giro, torneio, virada
    Fiz uma volta com o carro.I turned the car around.(literally, “I did a turnaround with the car.”)
* a loop of a coil or spiral staircase
* loop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)
* (figurative) volte-face (a reversal of policy, attitude or principle)
    Synonyms: guinada, reviravolta, virada
    Não me saí bem nas voltas da vida.I didn’t do well in the volte-faces of life.
* stroll; walk
    dar uma volta ― go for a walk

##### Derived terms

* à volta de
* às voltas com
* cortar uma volta
* dar a volta por cima
* dar uma volta
* dar uma volta em
* dar volta ao juízo
* dar volta em
* de volta
* numa volta de mão
* por volta de
* volta de fiel
* volta e meia
* volta olímpica
* voltinha (diminutive)

##### Related terms

* voltado
* voltador
* voltar
* volteada
* volteado
* volteador
* volteante
* voltear
* volteio
* volteiro
* voltejar
* voltejo
* volver

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

volta
* inflection of voltar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Etymology

volt +‎ -a

### Verb

volta (present voltar, preterite voltade, supine voltat, imperative volta)
* to flip, to somersault (rotate, usually in an accident)
    Han voltade med lastbilenHe overturned his truck
    Bilen voltade tjugo gångerThe car somersaulted twenty times

#### Conjugation
### Noun

volta c
* (slang) a prison sentence or pre-trial detention

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | volta | voltas |
| singular | definite | voltan | voltans |
| plural | indefinite | voltor | voltors |
| plural | definite | voltorna | voltornas |

### References

* volta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* volta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* volta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Slangopedia

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian volta. Doublet of volt and olta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈβoɫ.ta/
* Hyphenation: vol‧ta

### Noun

volta (definite accusative voltayı, plural voltalar)
* (nautical) A single act of wrapping a rope aroun a bollard.
* (nautical) The act of zigzagging to dodge a headwind.
* (slang) Continually walking back and forth, especially for prisoners in a prison yard.

#### Derived terms

* volta atmak

#### Related terms

* çıpa
* halat
* iskele babası

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “volta”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “volta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “volta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5130