voltar
Portuguese, verb/vowˈta(ʁ)/
voltar is spelled V-O-L-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 200 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 460th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voltar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to return; to come back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ir de novo para o ponto de partida”.
What does voltar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to return; to come back
A rainha logo voltará da guerra.
- 2
to return (to reach a previous state)
Tive de voltar à etapa de planejamento.
- 3
to turn (to adjust something in a direction)
Voltei-me à parede.
- 4
to shell out; to pay
Voltara vinte euros pelo equipamento.
- 5
to turn to (to start to rely on)
O imperador teve que se voltar ao exército para se manter no poder.
- 6
to turn on; to turn against (to rebel against or oppose something formerly supported)
Meus amigos voltaram-se contra mim.
- 7
to get back together (to resume a romantic relationship that was broken up)
Dois meses após terminarmos, voltei com o Marcelo.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ir de novo para o ponto de partida 2. regressar 3. reaparecer 4. virar
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 voltar
- volto first-person present singular
- voltei first-person preterite singular
- voltado participle past
- voltares infinitive second-person singular
- voltarmos first-person infinitive plural
- voltardes infinitive plural second-person
- voltarem infinitive plural third-person
- voltando gerund
- voltados masculine participle past
- voltada feminine participle past
- voltadas feminine participle past
- voltas indicative present second-person
- volta indicative present singular
- voltamos first-person indicative plural
- voltais indicative plural present
- voltam indicative plural present
- voltava first-person imperfect indicative
- voltavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voltar?
- Brazil /vowˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [voʊ̯ˈta(h)]
- /vowˈta(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 voltar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voltar in Portuguese?
voltar appears 200 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).