devolver
Portuguese, verb/de.vowˈve(ʁ)/
devolver is spelled D-E-V-O-L-V-E-R (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devolver is a Portuguese verb meaning “to return, give back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “entregar ou enviar à origem o que se havia recebido”.
What does devolver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to return, give back
Vou devolver isso.
- 2
to refund, to reimburse
- 3
to devolve
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. entregar ou enviar à origem o que se havia recebido 2. não aceitar 3. reenviar 4. recambiar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of devolver
- devolvo first-person present singular
- devolvi first-person preterite singular
- devolvido participle past
- devolveres infinitive second-person singular
- devolvermos first-person infinitive plural
- devolverdes infinitive plural second-person
- devolverem infinitive plural third-person
- devolvendo gerund
- devolvidos masculine participle past
- devolvida feminine participle past
- devolvidas feminine participle past
- devolves indicative present second-person
- devolve indicative present singular
- devolvemos first-person indicative plural
- devolveis indicative plural present
- devolvem indicative plural present
- devolvia first-person imperfect indicative
- devolvias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devolver?
- Brazil /de.vowˈve(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.voʊ̯ˈve(h)]
- /de.vowˈve(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to devolver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is devolver in Portuguese?
devolver appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).