Etymology

From volta +‎ -earCategory:Portuguese terms suffixed with -ear#VOLTEAR.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vol‧te‧ar

Verb

voltear (first-person singular present volteio, first-person singular preterite volteei, past participle volteado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#VOLTEARCategory:Portuguese verbs#VOLTEARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#VOLTEARCategory:Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed#VOLTEARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#VOLTEARCategory:Pages with entries#VOLTEARCategory:Pages with 2 entries#VOLTEAR

1. to rotate, turn, veer
2. to flutter

Further reading

• “voltear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “voltear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

From vuelta +‎ -earCategory:Spanish terms suffixed with -ear#VOLTEAR. Compare LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#VOLTEAR volūtāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bolteˈaɾ/ [bol̪.t̪eˈaɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#VOLTEARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#VOLTEAR

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#VOLTEARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables#VOLTEAR
• Syllabification: vol‧te‧ar

Verb

voltear (first-person singular present volteo, first-person singular preterite volteé, past participle volteado)Category:Spanish lemmas#VOLTEARCategory:Spanish verbs#VOLTEARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#VOLTEARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#VOLTEARCategory:Pages with entries#VOLTEARCategory:Pages with 2 entries#VOLTEAR

1. to turn

   Synonyms: dar vuelta, girar, volver

   • 1894, Ricardo Palma, Tradiciones peruanas - Quinta serie, es:Un señor de muchos pergaminos:

     -Déjeme en paz el abuelo, que está ñoño, y por hoy no me siento de humor para escuchar chocheces -contestó con arrogancia el de Sotomayor, haciendo ademán de voltear la espalda.

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2. to toss and turn; to move about
   • 2011, Isidro Cabrera, Hijos Para Dar Consuelo:

     Me fustiga el hastío de voltear en el lecho luchando por dormir, pero sigo despierto.

     I'm sick and tired of the tedium of tossing and turning in bed, struggling to sleep, but I remain awake.

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Further reading

• “voltear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025