voltear
Spanish, verb/bolteˈaɾ/
voltear is spelled V-O-L-T-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,959th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voltear is a Spanish verb meaning “to turn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Girar alrededor de sí mismo”.
What does voltear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn
- 2
to toss and turn; to move about
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Girar alrededor de sí mismo. 2. Invertir la posición de algo. 3. Cambiar la orientación de algo o alguíen. 4. Dicho de una persona: girar la cabeza o el cuerpo alrededor de su eje vertical.
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 voltear
- volteo first-person present singular
- volteé first-person preterite singular
- volteado participle past
- volteando gerund
- volteada feminine participle past
- volteados masculine participle past
- volteadas feminine participle past
- volteas indicative informal present
- volteás indicative informal present
- voltea indicative present singular
- volteamos first-person indicative plural
- volteáis indicative plural present
- voltean indicative plural present
- volteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- volteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- volteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- volteabais imperfect indicative plural
- volteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voltear?
- /bolteˈaɾ/
- [bol̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [bol̪t̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to voltear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voltear in Spanish?
voltear appears 1.9 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).