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volta

Portuguese, noun/ˈvɔw.tɐ/

volta is spelled V-O-L-T-A (5 letters) and appears 427 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “return (act of returning)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of voltar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato de regressar ao local de partida”.

What does volta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininereturn (act of returning)

    A volta do rei.

  2. 2

    femininebend (in a course, line, pipe, etc.)

    O barco ficou preso numa volta do riacho.

  3. 3

    feminineturnaround (act of turning around)

    Fiz uma volta com o carro.

  4. 4

    femininea loop of a coil or spiral staircase

  5. 5

    feminineloop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)

  6. 6

    femininevolte-face (a reversal of policy, attitude or principle)

    Não me saí bem nas voltas da vida.

  7. 7

    femininestroll; walk

    dar uma volta

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. o ato de regressar ao local de partida 2. o ato de se virar 3. movimento ao redor de um circuito fechado 4. retribuição (usualmente de alguma ação ruim)

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 volta

  • voltas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce volta?

  • Brazil /ˈvɔw.tɐ/
  • Brazil [ˈvɔʊ̯.tɐ]
  • Portugal /ˈvɔl.tɐ/

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

English words that translate to volta

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

How common is volta in Portuguese?

volta appears 427 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).

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