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volver

Portuguese, verb/vowˈve(ʁ)/

volver is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does volver mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to make

  2. 2

    to carry

  3. 3

    to roll, shake

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

Forms of volver

  • volvo first-person present singular
  • volvi first-person preterite singular
  • volvido participle past
  • volveres infinitive second-person singular
  • volvermos first-person infinitive plural
  • volverdes infinitive plural second-person
  • volverem infinitive plural third-person
  • volvendo gerund
  • volvidos masculine participle past
  • volvida feminine participle past
  • volvidas feminine participle past
  • volves indicative present second-person
  • volve indicative present singular
  • volvemos first-person indicative plural
  • volveis indicative plural present
  • volvem indicative plural present
  • volvia first-person imperfect indicative
  • volvias imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce volver?

  • Brazil /vowˈve(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [voʊ̯ˈve(h)]
  • /vowˈve(ɾ)/

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

How common is volver in Portuguese?

volver appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).