volteo
Spanish, noun
volteo is spelled V-O-L-T-E-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volteo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “turn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of voltear. With an accent, volteó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of voltear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de voltear”.
What does volteo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineturn
- 2
masculinechiming, pealing
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of voltear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of voltear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de voltear. 2. Deporte ecuestre en el que las personas realizan acrobacias sobre un caballo al galope en círculo, guiado "a la cuerda" por un conductor.
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 volteo
- volteos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to volteo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is volteo in Spanish?
volteo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).