# volver
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bolˈβeɾ]

### Verb

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)
* to return
* to oppose
* (intransitive) to defend [with por ‘someone/something’]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haber and ter.
$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter. $^3$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* revolver

### References

* 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “volver”, 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), “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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vowˈve(ʁ)/ [voʊ̯ˈve(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /vowˈve(ʁ)/ [voʊ̯ˈve(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /vowˈve(ɾ)/ [voʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /vowˈve(ʁ)/ [voʊ̯ˈve(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vowˈve(ɻ)/ [voʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /volˈveɾ/ [voɫˈveɾ], /vɔlˈveɾ/ [vɔɫˈveɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /volˈveɾ/ [voɫˈveɾ], /vɔlˈveɾ/ [vɔɫˈveɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bolˈbeɾ/ [boɫˈβeɾ], /bɔlˈbeɾ/ [bɔɫˈβeɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /volˈve.ɾi/ [voɫˈve.ɾi], /vɔlˈve.ɾi/ [vɔɫˈve.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: vol‧ver

### Verb

volver (first-person singular present volvo, first-person singular preterite volvi, past participle volvido)
* to make
* to carry
* to roll, shake

#### Related terms

* devolver
* envolver
* revolver

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bolˈbeɾ/ [bolˈβ̞eɾ]
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: vol‧ver

### Verb

volver (first-person singular present vuelvo, first-person singular preterite volví, past participle vuelto)
* to return, to revert, to get back
    Synonym: regresar
    Vuelvan a trabajar. / Vuelva al trabajo. ― Get back to work.
* 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.
* to do again
    Volvió a olvidarse de la foto. ― He forgot the photo again.
* to turn
    Synonyms: dar vuelta, girar, voltear
* (reflexive) to become, to get
    Synonyms: hacer, convertir, poner
    Me estoy volviendo loco. ― I am going crazy.
* to make, to drive
    Esto me está volviendo loco. ― This is driving me mad.
    Me vuelves loco. ― You drive me crazy.
* (reflexive) to turn

#### Usage notes

* 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.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* cuello vuelto
* volver a la carga
* volver a las andadas
* volver en sí
* volver grupas
* volver por los fueros
* volver por sus fueros
* volverse sal y agua
* vuelta
* vuelto
* vuelve a la vida
* vuelvepiedras

#### Related terms

* desenvolver
* devolver
* envolver
* revolcar
* revolver
* volcar

### Further reading

* “volver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10