reverter
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.veʁˈte(ʁ)/
reverter is a Portuguese verb meaning “to revert (to turn to the contrary), to return” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “voltar (ao ponto de partida); regressar, retroceder”.
What does reverter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to revert (to turn to the contrary), to return
- 2
to revert (to cause to return to a former condition)
- 3
to allocate, to allot
- 4
to turn (against)
A situação reverteu contra mim.
- 5
to convert to Islam
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. voltar (ao ponto de partida); regressar, retroceder 2. voltar (para a posse de alguém) 3. converter-se, redundar 4. voltar (o funcionário público civil aposentado, ou o militar reformado) à atividade [Nesta acepção, cf. reversão]
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 reverter
- reverto first-person present singular
- reverti first-person preterite singular
- revertido participle past
- reverteres infinitive second-person singular
- revertermos first-person infinitive plural
- reverterdes infinitive plural second-person
- reverterem infinitive plural third-person
- revertendo gerund
- revertidos masculine participle past
- revertida feminine participle past
- revertidas feminine participle past
- revertes indicative present second-person
- reverte indicative present singular
- revertemos first-person indicative plural
- reverteis indicative plural present
- revertem indicative plural present
- revertia first-person imperfect indicative
- revertias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reverter?
- Brazil /ʁe.veʁˈte(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.vehˈte(h)]
- /ʁe.veɾˈte(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 reverter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reverter in Portuguese?
reverter appears 7.6 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).