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vuelta

Spanish, noun/ˈbwelta/

vuelta is spelled V-U-E-L-T-A (6 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written Spanish, the 575th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vuelta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “turn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of vuelto. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Movimiento que se hace sobre sí mismo hasta quedar en una posición inversa”.

What does vuelta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineturn

  2. 2

    femininereturn

  3. 3

    femininewalk

  4. 4

    femininetour, trip

  5. 5

    femininechange (money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item)

  6. 6

    femininelap (one circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool)

  7. 7

    femininesecond leg, return leg (the second of the two matches or “legs” which are played between two teams in a two-legged tie)

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of vuelto

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Movimiento que se hace sobre sí mismo hasta quedar en una posición inversa. 2. Movimiento alrededor de un punto hasta volver a la posición inicial. 3. Parte de un objeto que da una circonvolución o giro completo alrededor de otro cuerpo, al que rodea varias veces. 4. Parte de una línea, camino o río que se aparta de la línea recta.

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 vuelta

  • vueltas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce vuelta?

  • /ˈbwelta/
  • [ˈbwel̪.t̪a]
  • [ˈbwel̪t̪a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to vuelta

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is vuelta in Spanish?

vuelta appears 148 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).

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