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voltar

Pronunciation: [bulˈta]

“voltar” is a Catalan word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to go round, go around, orbit
  2. to surround
  3. to turn round
  4. to surround a construction built without a pinya, with arms outstretched to intervene and support the construction if necessary or to break a possible fall

In Catalan

  1. Fer volta enlloc de seguir el camí recte.
  2. girar
  3. envoltar
  4. Moure’s al voltant d’una cosa.
  5. Fer girar.

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

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