voltejear
Spanish, verb/boltexeˈaɾ/
voltejear is spelled V-O-L-T-E-J-E-A-R (9 letters). Voltejear is a Spanish verb meaning “to tack (sail by making tacks into the wind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Voltear, volver”.
What does voltejear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tack (sail by making tacks into the wind)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Voltear, volver. 2. Navegar de bolina, virando de cuando en cuando para ganar el barlovento. 3. Dar vueltas y hacer evoluciones con botes o embarcaciones menores por los puertos y bahías, con objeto de instruir a la gente de mar.
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 voltejear
- voltejeo first-person present singular
- voltejeé first-person preterite singular
- voltejeado participle past
- voltejeando gerund
- voltejeada feminine participle past
- voltejeados masculine participle past
- voltejeadas feminine participle past
- voltejeas indicative informal present
- voltejeás indicative informal present
- voltejea indicative present singular
- voltejeamos first-person indicative plural
- voltejeáis indicative plural present
- voltejean indicative plural present
- voltejeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- voltejeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- voltejeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- voltejeabais imperfect indicative plural
- voltejeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voltejear?
- /boltexeˈaɾ/
- [bol̪.t̪e.xeˈaɾ]
- [bol̪t̪exeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.