vuelto
Spanish, noun/ˈbwelto/
vuelto is spelled V-U-E-L-T-O (6 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,901st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vuelto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “change (money given back)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of volver. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dinero excedente que se entrega a quien ha pagado algo con un billete o moneda de mayor valor de aquello que…”.
What does vuelto mean in English?
noun
- 1
Latin-Americamasculinechange (money given back)
verb
- 1
past participle of volver
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dinero excedente que se entrega a quien ha pagado algo con un billete o moneda de mayor valor de aquello que ha comprado.
verb: 1. Participio irregular de volver o de volverse.
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 vuelto
- vueltos plural
- vuelta feminine
- vueltas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vuelto?
- /ˈbwelto/
- [ˈbwel̪.t̪o]
- [ˈbwel̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vuelto in Spanish?
vuelto appears 46 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).