devolver
Spanish, verb/debolˈbeɾ/
devolver is spelled D-E-V-O-L-V-E-R (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,469th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devolver is a Spanish verb meaning “to return, refund, restore, give back, hand back, bring back, send back etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que algo regrese a su estado o ubicación anterior”.
What does devolver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to return, refund, restore, give back, hand back, bring back, send back etc.
- 2
to pay back, repay (to pay an amount of money owed to another)
- 3
to devolve
- 4
colloquialto throw up, to vomit
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que algo regrese a su estado o ubicación anterior. 2. Dar otra vez algo a quien antes lo tenía o poseía. 3. Hacer una acción que corresponde o se compara con la de alguien efectuada anteriormente, como una visita, un favor, un daño, una ofensa, etc. 4. Entregar a su vendedor o expendedor un artículo comprado, con la expectativa de obtener reintegro del valor de la compra.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of devolver
- devuelvo first-person present singular
- devolví first-person preterite singular
- devuelto participle past
- o-ue alternation
- devolviendo gerund
- devuelta feminine participle past
- devueltos masculine participle past
- devueltas feminine participle past
- devuelves indicative informal present
- devolvés indicative informal present
- devuelve indicative present singular
- devolvemos first-person indicative plural
- devolvéis indicative plural present
- devuelven indicative plural present
- devolvía first-person imperfect indicative
- devolvías imperfect indicative second-person
- devolvíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- devolvíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devolver?
- /debolˈbeɾ/
- [d̪e.β̞olˈβ̞eɾ]
- [d̪eβ̞olˈβ̞eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to devolver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is devolver in Spanish?
devolver appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).