# voltar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bulˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [volˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [volˈtaɾ]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)

### Verb

voltar (first-person singular present volto, first-person singular preterite voltí, past participle voltat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to go round, go around, orbit
* to surround
* to turn round

#### Conjugation
## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. Probably from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔlˈtaɾ]

### Verb

voltar (first-person singular present volto, first-person singular preterite voltei, past participle voltado)
* (intransitive) to return; to come back; to go back
    Synonyms: tornar, volver
** 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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* volta

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “voltar”, 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), “voltar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Italian
### Verb

voltar (apocopated)
* Apocopic form of voltare

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese voltar, from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vowˈta(ʁ)/ [voʊ̯ˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /vowˈta(ʁ)/ [voʊ̯ˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /vowˈta(ɾ)/ [voʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /vowˈta(ʁ)/ [voʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vowˈta(ɻ)/ [voʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /volˈtaɾ/ [voɫˈtaɾ], /vɔlˈtaɾ/ [vɔɫˈtaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /volˈtaɾ/ [voɫˈtaɾ], /vɔlˈtaɾ/ [vɔɫˈtaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bolˈtaɾ/ [boɫˈtaɾ], /bɔlˈtaɾ/ [bɔɫˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /volˈta.ɾi/ [voɫˈta.ɾi], /vɔlˈta.ɾi/ [vɔɫˈta.ɾi]
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Hyphenation: vol‧tar

### Verb

voltar (first-person singular present volto, first-person singular preterite voltei, past participle voltado)
* (intransitive) to return; to come back
    A rainha logo voltará da guerra.The queen will soon return from the war.
    Voltamos à nossa terra natal.We have returned to our native land.
* (intransitive) to return (to reach a previous state)
    Tive de voltar à etapa de planejamento.I had to return to the planning stage.
* (transitive) to turn (to adjust something in a direction)
    Voltei-me à parede.I turned towards the wall.
    Se voltarem seus olhos à esquerda, poderão ver o pôr do sol.If you turn our eyes left, you can see the sunset.
* (transitive) to shell out; to pay
    Voltara vinte euros pelo equipamento.He had shelled out twenty Euros for the equipment.
* (pronominal) to turn to (to start to rely on) [with a or para ‘someone/something’]
    O imperador teve que se voltar ao exército para se manter no poder.The emperor had to turn to the army to remain in power.
* (pronominal) to turn on; to turn against (to rebel against or oppose something formerly supported) [with contra ‘someone’]
    Meus amigos voltaram-se contra mim.My friends turned on me.
* (intransitive) to get back together (to resume a romantic relationship that was broken up) [with com ‘someone’]
    Dois meses após terminarmos, voltei com o Marcelo.Two months after we broke up, me and Marcelo got back together.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* volta
* volver

## Swedish
### Verb

voltar
* present indicative of volta

## Venetan
### Alternative forms

* oltar

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere. Compare Italian voltare.

### Verb

voltar
* (transitive) to turn (around)

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.