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volta

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔlta/

“volta” is a Galician word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. turnaround
  2. overturn
  3. turn, bend
  4. return
  5. somersault
  6. change (money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item)
  7. backside
  8. detour
  9. walk, stroll
  10. turn of events
  11. disturbance, riot, revolt

In Galician

  1. Camiño que non é o máis directo.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese volta (“revolt”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from voltar (“to turn around”), from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

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