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La originalidad consiste en volver al origen; así pues, original es aquello que vuelve a la simplicidad de las primeras soluciones.
Antonio Gaudí i Cornet

Significado de "volver" en el diccionario de español

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ETIMOLOGÍA DE LA PALABRA VOLVER

La palabra volver procede del latín volvĕre.
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Se denomina etimología al estudio del origen de la palabras y sus cambios estructurales y de significado.
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PRONUNCIACIÓN DE VOLVER

vol · ver play
Volver es una palabra aguda de 2 sílabas.
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Las palabras agudas van acentuadas en la última sílaba.
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CATEGORIA GRAMATICAL DE VOLVER

sustantivo
adjetivo
verbo
adverbio
pronombre
preposición
conjunción
interjección
artículo
Volver es un verbo.
El verbo es la parte de la oración que se conjuga y expresa acción y estado.

Los tiempos verbales se dan en tres modos: indicativo, subjuntivo e imperativo.

QUÉ SIGNIFICA VOLVER EN ESPAÑOL

definición de volver en el diccionario español

La primera definición de volver en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es dar vuelta o vueltas a algo. Otro significado de volver en el diccionario es corresponder, pagar, retribuir. Volver es también dirigir, encaminar algo a otra cosa, material o inmaterialmente.

CONJUGACIÓN DEL VERBO VOLVER

MODO INDICATIVO

TIEMPOS SIMPLES
Presente
yo vuelvo
vuelves / volvés
él vuelve
nos. volvemos
vos. volvéis / vuelven
ellos vuelven
Pretérito imperfecto
yo volvía
volvías
él volvía
nos. volvíamos
vos. volvíais / volvían
ellos volvían
Pret. perfecto simple
yo volví
volviste
él volvió
nos. volvimos
vos. volvisteis / volvieron
ellos volvieron
Futuro simple
yo volveré
volverás
él volverá
nos. volveremos
vos. volveréis / volverán
ellos volverán
Condicional simple
yo volvería
volverías
él volvería
nos. volveríamos
vos. volveríais / volverían
ellos volverían
TIEMPOS COMPUESTOS
Pret. Perf. Compuesto
yo he vuelto
has vuelto
él ha vuelto
nos. hemos vuelto
vos. habéis vuelto
ellos han vuelto
Pret. Pluscuamperfecto
yo había vuelto
habías vuelto
él había vuelto
nos. habíamos vuelto
vos. habíais vuelto
ellos habían vuelto
Pretérito Anterior
yo hube vuelto
hubiste vuelto
él hubo vuelto
nos. hubimos vuelto
vos. hubisteis vuelto
ellos hubieron vuelto
Futuro perfecto
yo habré vuelto
habrás vuelto
él habrá vuelto
nos. habremos vuelto
vos. habréis vuelto
ellos habrán vuelto
Condicional Perfecto
yo habría vuelto
habrías vuelto
él habría vuelto
nos. habríamos vuelto
vos. habríais vuelto
ellos habrían vuelto
El modo indicativo es el modo verbal que enuncia como real lo expresado por el verbo.

MODO SUBJUNTIVO

TIEMPOS SIMPLES
Presente
yo vuelva
vuelvas
él vuelva
nos. volvamos
vos. volváis / vuelvan
ellos vuelvan
Pretérito imperfecto
yo volviera o volviese
volvieras o volvieses
él volviera o volviese
nos. volviéramos o volviésemos
vos. volvierais o volvieseis / volvieran o volviesen
ellos volvieran o volviesen
Futuro simple
yo volviere
volvieres
él volviere
nos. volviéremos
vos. volviereis / volvieren
ellos volvieren
TIEMPOS COMPUESTOS
Pret. Perf. Compuesto
yo hube vuelto
hubiste vuelto
él hubo vuelto
nos. hubimos vuelto
vos. hubisteis vuelto
ellos hubieron vuelto
Futuro Perfecto
yo habré vuelto
habrás vuelto
él habrá vuelto
nos. habremos vuelto
vos. habréis vuelto
ellos habrán vuelto
Condicional perfecto
yo habría vuelto
habrías vuelto
él habría vuelto
nos. habríamos vuelto
vos. habríais vuelto
ellos habrían vuelto
El modo subjuntivo se caracteriza por presentar una acción como posible o hipotética.
MODO IMPERATIVO
Imperativo
vuelve (tú) / volvé (vos)
volved (vosotros) / vuelvan (ustedes)
El modo imperativo es el modo gramatical empleado para expresar mandatos, órdenes o solicitudes taxativas.
FORMAS NO PERSONALES
Infinitivo
volver
Participio
vuelto
Gerundio
volviendo
Las formas no personales del verbo carecen de persona y número.

El infinitivo muestra la acción fuera de toda perspectiva temporal. El gerundio muestra la acción durante su transcurso. El participio muestra la acción tras su terminación.

PALABRAS QUE RIMAN CON VOLVER


absolver
ab·sol·ver
arrevolver
a·rre·vol·ver
desarrevolver
de·sa·rre·vol·ver
desenvolver
de·sen·vol·ver
desvolver
des·vol·ver
devolver
de·vol·ver
disolver
di·sol·ver
ensolver
en·sol·ver
entrevolver
en·tre·vol·ver
envolver
en·vol·ver
resolver
re·sol·ver
revolver
re·vol·ver
solver
sol·ver

PALABRAS QUE EMPIEZAN COMO VOLVER

voluntaria
voluntariado
voluntariamente
voluntariedad
voluntario
voluntariosamente
voluntarioso
voluntarismo
voluntarista
voluptuosa
voluptuosamente
voluptuosidad
voluptuoso
voluta
volva
volvedera
volvedor
volvible
volvo
volvox

PALABRAS QUE TERMINAN COMO VOLVER

amover
antever
atrever
cadáver
conmover
driver
entrever
latin lover
llover
mover
precaver
prever
promover
pulóver
remover
retriever
rever
revólver
ver
vetiver

Sinónimos y antónimos de volver en el diccionario español de sinónimos

SINÓNIMOS

SINÓNIMOS DE «VOLVER»

Las siguientes palabras tienen un significado similar o idéntico a «volver» y pertenecen a la misma categoría gramatical.
sinónimos de volver

ANTÓNIMOS DE «VOLVER»

Las siguientes palabras significan lo contrario que «volver» y también pertenecen a la misma categoría gramatical.
antónimos de volver

PALABRAS RELACIONADAS CON «VOLVER»

volver girar insistir invertir llegar reanudar reaparecer reemprender regresar reiterar repetir retomar retornar torcer tornar venir virar volcar voltear abandonar dejar primera lengua española vuelta vueltas algo otro corresponder pagar retribuir volver también dirigir encaminar otra cosa material inmaterialmente ellos juegan encontrarse trav tiempo despertar espacios pocas extra para atraparse comenzar pensar educación estas algunas preguntas tienen fácil réspuesta intentan responder estos volúmenes veces misma obra unido tantas voces ofreciendo materiales inéditos puntos vista renovados guión película pedro almodóvar penelope cruz carmen maura lola dueñas blanca

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TRADUCCIÓN DE VOLVER

Conoce la traducción de volver a 25 idiomas con nuestro traductor multilingüe.
Las traducciones de volver presentadas en esta sección han sido obtenidas mediante traducción automática estadística a partir del idioma español.

En el siguiente apartado puedes consultar las traducciones de volver en el diccionario español-inglés así como el contexto en el que se emplean habitualmente mediante ejemplos de uso.

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DICCIONARIO ESPAÑOL - INGLÉS

Conoce las traducciones de volver en inglés y el contexto en el que se emplean habitualmente mediante ejemplos de uso.

volver
volver 
  come back ; render ; return ; switch back ; turn back ; turn over + the page ; turn over ; get back ; be back ; make + Posesivo + (own) way back ; come (a)round ; come away.
 He wondered whether to chase after Duff and order him to come back or wait and see him later, after she had regained her composure.
 So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.
 Returning to government agencies, some agencies are treated as subordinate to a government, whilst others are entered independently.
 A code at the bottom of the local document summary and full information screens allow switching back to the system catalog.
 It might be wise for you to turn back and re-read what was said in section 2.
 Turn over the page and you will find suggested analyses against which you can check your solution.
 Then he picked up about 2 cm. of type from the right-hand end of the uppermost line (i.e. the last word or two of the last line) with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, read it, and dropped the pieces of type one by one into their proper boxes, turning over the old house.
 I have been off on vacation and just got back.
 Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.
 Clouds rolled in and it was time to make our way back into the city to catch the overnight train.
 With the summer definitely behind us, maybe this article seems inappropriate but hey, it will soon come around again.
 Despite tough competition, the girls came away with award-wining results.
acción de volver a contar algo 
retelling
 So strong is the need to recreate the story in our own words that when two friends discover they have both read and enjoyed the same book their talk often consists simply of sharing retellings.
aguas + volver a su cauce  [Sentido figurado]
dust + settle
 It is likely that the library manager who chooses to wait for the dust to settle will find yet another dust storm looming on the horizon.
hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar 
make + heads turn
 Be the centre of attention and make heads turn at any red carpet event with this new body lotion!.
hacer volver a la normalidad 
bring + Nombre + back to earth
 Australian house prices are massively out of whack and will be brought back to earth, an expert says.
hacer volver a la realidad 
bring + Nombre + back to earth
 Australian house prices are massively out of whack and will be brought back to earth, an expert says.
hora de volver a casa 
curfew
 Juvenile arrests for curfew and loitering violations increased 113 percent between 1990-99.
la historia + volverse a repetir 
history + come full circle
 History has come full circle and chemotherapists are now actively searching for new drugs against smallpox virus.
las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida 
the wheel + turn + full circle
 Interestingly the wheel turned full circle in 1980 for Cheshire acquired the system pioneered by Derbyshire.
no haber forma de volver 
there + be + no way back
 For most threatened plants and animals, there is no way back from a place on the list of endangered species.
no haber manera de volver 
there + be + no way back
 For most threatened plants and animals, there is no way back from a place on the list of endangered species.
no haber modo de volver 
there + be + no way back
 For most threatened plants and animals, there is no way back from a place on the list of endangered species.
no poder volver 
have + no way back
 This is our final choice, and we have no way back.
no tener forma de volver 
have + no way back
 This is our final choice, and we have no way back.
no tener manera de volver 
have + no way back
 This is our final choice, and we have no way back.
no tener modo de volver 
have + no way back
 This is our final choice, and we have no way back.
no volver 
go + forever
 Those were the good old days and now they have gone forever.
no volver a casa en toda la noche 
stay out + all night
 It wasn't like him to stay out all night, and I was worried sick that he'd been in an accident.
no volver hasta + Expresión Temporal 
not be back for + Expresión Temporal
 The third assistant, Alfred MacIntosh, was recovering from a hernia operation and would not be back for two weeks = El tercer ayudante, Alfred MacIntosh, estaba recuperándose de una operación de hernia y que se ausentaría durante dos semanas.
no volver la vista atrás 
never + look back
 As banks collapse and thousands are laid off, former finance industry whizz-kids say they have never looked back after quitting their jobs.
que puede volver a cerrarse herméticamente 
resealable
 Find information about resealable packaging.
sin poder volver 
no way back
 Millions of refugees and displaced persons worldwide live in dangerous situations, in an unbearable state of limbo, with no way forward and no way back.
situación + volver a la normalidad 
situation + go back to normal
 He believes that once the situation goes back to normal the negative effects of oil price hikes will vanish.
volvemos siempre al principio 
things swing full circle
 It seems that, pace Yeats, things really do swing full circle sometimes.
volver a               
depart to
get back to
go back to
move back to
go + full circle back to
circle back to
backtrack [back-track]
recur to
roll back to
revert back to
head back (in)to
slide back to
default to
make + a return to
jump back in/into/to
 I want to depart for a moment to something that has been discussed earlier, which is also relevant here.
 Getting back to studies, I don't know what you mean by study, but I'm leery of stalls in the name of study.
 It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.
 If one of them is held down long enough, the cursor will eventually be moved back to its starting position, since the screen 'wraps around'.
 Ironically, today's catalogs have gone full circle back to the book catalogs of yore, with each work having only one complete catalog entry = Paradójicamente, los catálogos de hoy día han vuelto a los catálogos en forma de libro de antaño, en los que cada documento tenía un único asiento catalográfico completo.
 Nevertheless, librarians most often circled back to the central importance of circulation counts in weeding decisions.
 Use <Backspace> to backtrack to the character(s) you want to change.
 The kitchen was full of glancing sunlight and clean color; and as she sat there her mind recurred to her attempts to get her assistant to stay.
 You can resolve these issues by rolling back to Windows Media Player 10.
 To revert back to the default size of text, select 'Normal'.
 A man accused of fatally shooting a Philadelphia police officer during a robbery is headed back to Philadelphia after he was arrested in Florida.
 So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.
 If you enter a language which is not available, the system will default to English.
 Fabrice Muamba is hoping to make a return to football after recovering from a cardiac arrest.
 The actress - who was recently photographed without her wedding ring - is to come out of hiding and jump back into the spotlight.
volver (a) 
revert (to)
 The decision to revert to standard spelling must have been widely welcomed in countries where DC is used but English is not the native language.
volver a abrir 
be back in business
 As of today The Journal of Electronic Publishing is back in business with a February 2006 issue, the first in more than three years.
volver a acelerarse 
re-accelerate
 Nationally, the index shows price declines re-accelerating after moderating in 2009.
volver a adoptar 
resume
 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.
volver a albergar 
rehouse [re-house]
 A new building is planned which will rehouse most of the British Library's present functions under one roof.
volver a alfombrar 
recarpet [re-carpet]
 The library is undergoing a five-day 'extreme makeover' and will be repainted, re-carpeted, reconfigured and equipped with the latest furnishings.
volver a Alguien loco              
drive + Alguien + up a/the wall
drive + Alguien + to despair
drive + Alguien + mad
have + Nombre + jump through the hoops
drive + Alguien + insane
drive + Alguien + crazy
drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend
drive + Alguien + nuts
drive + Alguien + potty
piss + Nombre + off
push + Nombre + over the edge
drive + Alguien + dotty
drive + Alguien + up the pole
unhinge
 Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.
 Ironically, Weber later changed his attitude and stated that 'a passion for bureaucracy is enough to drive one to despair'.
 This is a superb translation of the memoirs of the wife of Sado, the crown prince of Korea, who was driven mad and became a serial killer.
 Dell had me jumping through hoops for two and a half days to no avail and ultimately sent a human tech here to fix my system.
 As 'The Police' put it in their song, now a long time ago: 'Too much information running through my brain - Too much information driving me insane'.
 Those who are 'perfectionists' in such things will want to drive you crazy worrying about 'what if two people go out together' or 'it won't be accurate because some users go out for a smoke and then come right back in' or 'what about kids who run in and out' and so forth.
 If there is one behavior that most parents, caregivers and teachers would readily admit drives them around the bend it's whining.
 Jack's father and wife drove him nuts.
 I can understand why he wants to go - he's normally very active and being stuck indoors during the day is driving him potty.
 And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.
 It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
 She and her neighbours are being driven dotty by a pesky crow.
 The two boys rapidly adopted Ardena as their 'baby sister' and teased, harassed her and drove her up the pole as brothers are supposed to.
 Likewise unscrupulous people frequently seek to pursue their agenda against our better judgement by unhinging us.
volver a almacenar 
rehouse [re-house]
 A new building is planned which will rehouse most of the British Library's present functions under one roof.
volver a alojar 
rehouse [re-house]
 A new building is planned which will rehouse most of the British Library's present functions under one roof.
volver a alquilar 
rehire [re-hire]
 In some cities, employees laid off due to cutbacks have been rehired to fill vacant library positions to the annoyance of unions.
volver a analizar  
reexamine [re-examine]
reanalyse [reanalyze, -USA]
 This paper discusses factors which led to the need to reexamine the use of UK dealers, the major difference between UK and US dealers being their variance in pricing policies.
 The author reanalyses George Zipf's data on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his premature death in Rome from legionella.
volver a aparecer 
resurface
 Divided collections are being reunited and bodies of material considered lost after World War 2 are resurfacing in Eastern Europe as well as in Germany.
volver a aplicar 
reapply
 What's the best lipstick or colored lipgloss that will last for a while without me having to reapply it every 5 minutes?.
volver a aprender 
relearn
 This article considers the importance of printed materials; assistance given by staff; and users' problems relearning on-line catalogue searching.
volver a asegurar 
reinsure
 The question of whether or not to reinsure the options attaching to a policy has been given very little thought by insurance companies.
volver a asentar 
resettle
 Here, families from many different communities were up-rooted and resettled on greenfield sites, many miles away from relatives and friends.
volver a atar 
re-tie
 Take the goose and untie the string around the parson's nose area and fill the cavity with onions and seasoning and re-tie the string.
volver a aumentar 
re-accelerate
 Nationally, the index shows price declines re-accelerating after moderating in 2009.
volver a bautizar 
re-baptise [re-baptize, -USA]
 Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
volver a caer 
fall again
 Unfortunately, it seems like she's falling again into what caused all her sadness.
volver a caer (en) 
relapse (into)
 In these circumstances it is easy to relapse into 'scientism' and mistake means for ends = En estas circunstancias es fácil recaer en el "cientifismo" y confundir los medios por los fines.
volver a calcular 
recalculate
 Prices are recalculated automatically when the user performs certain actions.
volver a capturar 
recapture
 A teenager prison escapee has been recaptured after the ceiling he was hiding in gave way.
volver a cargar  
reload
recharge
 Its major weakness is its inability to update easily and modify records without reloading the entire data base.
 With a range of 150 km, the car has been built to recharge to 80 percent of its capacity in under half an hour.
volver a casa    
go + home again
head back + home
come + home
get + Reflexivo + home
 The article is entitled 'Going home again: a review of computers and writing 1999'.
 After a few more hours, we joined the traffic caravan and headed back home.
 Don't wait up for her tonight 'cause she won't be coming home.
 She wasn't particularly worried though, she knew the ropes and could get herself home safe and sound.
volver a casarse 
remarry
 It was common for printers' widows to take over their husbands' businesses, at least until they remarried.
volver a centrarse en 
refocus on
 In his weekly address President Obama refocused on two domestic issues looming: health care and jobs.
volver a cerrar herméticamente 
reseal
 The can should be metal, and it should be the sort that comes with a plastic lid for resealing after the top has been removed with a can opener1.
volver a clasificar 
refolder
 The initial decision to refolder all of the senatorial papers affected the processing rates.
volver a coger la forma 
get back into + shape
 Aqua aerobics improves fitness and can help lose weight and get back into shape.
volver a colocar 
put + Nombre + back
 Other Democrats say the President must come up with an aggressive strategy to put himself back in the driver's seat.
volver a combinar 
recombine [re-combine]
 The indexer is required to analyse the subject of a document into its constituent elements and the to recombine, or synthesize, these concepts.
volver a comprimir 
recompress
 One needs to be careful in the long term that one's tools don't go out of date; if that's about to happen, one needs to uncompress using the old tool and recompress using whatever new tool there is.
volver a comprobar 
check back
 Inquirers should be advised to leave their names and phone numbers or to check back after staff members have had time to consider the question.
volver a conectar 
reconnect [re-connect]
 BEGIN (which may be abbreviated B) entered alone reconnects you to the current database.
volver a congelarse  [Verbo irregular: pasado re-froze, participio re-frozen]
re-freeze [refreeze]
 Libraries in effect will need to unfreeze themselves to adopt change, then re-freeze around the new structure to exploit and secure the advances.
volver a conquistar 
win + Nombre + back
 When she spots him with his new flame while she's singing torch songs in a cheap shanty, she tries to win him back.
volver a considerar 
reconsider
 The Library of Congress has now reconsidered the position, and abandoned what was known as its compatible headings policy.
volver a consultar  
revisit
check back
 Some of the long-time users revisit the catalogue several times a day.
 Inquirers should be advised to leave their names and phone numbers or to check back after staff members have had time to consider the question.
volver a contar   [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio retold]
recount
retell
 If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
 What is often clear is why particular scenes are the ones a reader chooses to retell.
volver a contextualizar 
recontextualise [recontextualize, USA]
 She seeks to recontextualize those events that history has estranged, destroyed or capriciously left by the wayside.
volver a contratar 
rehire [re-hire]
 In some cities, employees laid off due to cutbacks have been rehired to fill vacant library positions to the annoyance of unions.
volver a convertir 
reconvert
 At the far end, light is reconverted to electronic signals by a receiver.
volver a convocar 
reconvene
 According to this model, managers meet to identify goals and objectives and then reconvene after a given time to rate their levels of accomplishment.
volver a copiar 
recopy
 Obviating the need to recopy citations not only saves time, but also reduces the opportunities for introducing errors.
volver a crear 
recreate [re-create]
 Schools of library and information science are once again intellectually impoverished, and the Graduate Library School ought to be reinvented or re-created.
volver a crecer 
regrow
 In most cases, immediately after the hair transplant the hairs fall out of the grafts, and do not regrow for 1-3 months.
volver a dar forma 
reshape [re-shape]
 I do not think I am alone in believing there is a need for significant change, for reshaping our educational programs as well as our institutional goals and philosophies.
volver adentro  
go back + inside
come back in
 Go back inside and tell mom that I'll be there in a little while.
 Those who are 'perfectionists' in such things will want to drive you crazy worrying about 'what if two people go out together' or 'it won't be accurate because some users go out for a smoke and then come right back in' or 'what about kids who run in and out' and so forth.
volver a descubrir 
rediscover
 The Victorians had unprecedented access to a wealth of manuscript sources, which helped them rediscover and reinterpret their cultural history.
volver a despertar 
reawaken [re-awaken]
 The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
volver a determinar 
respecify
 The user is able to respecify certain small aspects of the text such as size of paragraph indentations.
volver a diseñar   [En especial, adaptar algo al nuevo entorno de Internet]
redesign [re-design]
repurpose [re-purpose]
 The University of Bielefeld has to redesign all data processing systems of the library because of ageing of present systems.
 This software application will take computer files and help the user to store, tag, find, manage and reuse or even repurpose those files for publication or for sale.
volver a dotar 
re-equip [reequip]
 The Oxford and Cambridge University Presses were re-equipped with the best available typographic materials late in the century.
volver a ejecutar 
rerun [re-run]
 Sometimes it is necessary to rerun the setup process, either to install a new database driver or change other configuration settings.
volver a empezar      
return to + the drawing boards
back to the drawing board
a fresh start
start (it/all) over (again)
go back to + square one
be back to square one
 In the light of this situation, it becomes necessary for librarians to return to the drawing boards to revise public policy statements.
 If a proposal for a new regulation or directive raises important questions about the national interest then it can be sent back to the drawing board or vetoed outright.
 Where it is necessary or desirable for a fresh start they can advise on the best way forward.
 I can appreciate the frustration, annoyance, irritation, aggravation, and exasperation of having to start over again.
 At today's open meeting, the Commissioners voted unanimously to go back to square one.
 She told me that I was all at sixes and sevens with my eight times table and that it was 'back to square one' for me.
volver a empezar de cero  
be back to square one
go back to + square one
 She told me that I was all at sixes and sevens with my eight times table and that it was 'back to square one' for me.
 At today's open meeting, the Commissioners voted unanimously to go back to square one.
volver a encuadernar  [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio rebound]
rebind [re-bind]
 To bind a book, or rebind it, one of the steps to follow is to check that the book is complete, ie no pages missing.
volver a enmoquetar 
recarpeting
 A recarpeting project in the State University Library, Illinois, provided an opportunity to address several longstanding concerns: better handicapped access, improved lighting, and a more efficient utilisation of limited physical space.
volver a enseñar 
retrain [re-train]
 It is also pointed out thet the machine alone cannot put things right, the user will have to be re-trained as well.
volver a entrar  
come back in
go back + inside
 Those who are 'perfectionists' in such things will want to drive you crazy worrying about 'what if two people go out together' or 'it won't be accurate because some users go out for a smoke and then come right back in' or 'what about kids who run in and out' and so forth.
 Go back inside and tell mom that I'll be there in a little while.
volver a enviar   
resubmit [re-submit]
reship
resend [re-send]
 When the abstracts were resubmitted in structured format, there was always a highly significant increase in the information content.
 It is necessary to anticipate a delay of approximtely 2 weeks for our European center to ship the issues to our American centre and for it to reship them to individual subscribers.
 It then becomes an easy matter to instruct the microcomputer to re-send the data if, say, the message was not correctly received by the host.
volver a equipar 
re-equip [reequip]
 The Oxford and Cambridge University Presses were re-equipped with the best available typographic materials late in the century.
volver a escribir   [Verbo irregular: pasado rewrote, participio rewritten]
retype [re-type]
rewrite [re-write]
 Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.
 The Concise AACR2 by Michael Gorman is not a true abridged edition of the full edition, but rather a rewritten distillation of the essential rules and principles.
volver a especificar 
respecify
 The user is able to respecify certain small aspects of the text such as size of paragraph indentations.
volver a establecer equivalencias 
remap
 According to this data compression technique pixels are remapped to an intensity proportional to its rank among surrounding pixels.
volver a evaluar   
reassess [re-assess]
reevaluate [re-evaluate]
reappraise
 The economics of the systems must be reassessed from time to time.
 Librarians need to reevaluate the purpose of library instruction.
 Libraries should reappraise their role in promoting literacy.
volver a expedir 
reissue [re-issue]
 The French original was long out of print until reissued in 1989.
volver a fijar 
reattach
 After unattaching all three and then reattaching them, everything worked fine.
volver a financiar  
re-fund
refinance
 The program was not re-funded for the 1984-85 school year.
 And he's also looking for lenders to refinance the loan as the quitclaim would leave the mortgage payoff responsibility entirely on my shoulders.
volver a formarse 
reform
 His brief comment has fuelled rumours in the music industry that the band may reform.
volver a formatear 
reformat [re-format]
 For example, if you type '85432', the number will be reformatted to '85000432' preceded by 3 spaces.
volver a formular  [Verbo irregular: pasado rewrote, participio rewritten]
rewrite [re-write]
 The Concise AACR2 by Michael Gorman is not a true abridged edition of the full edition, but rather a rewritten distillation of the essential rules and principles.
volver a funcionar 
be back in business
 As of today The Journal of Electronic Publishing is back in business with a February 2006 issue, the first in more than three years.
volver a guardar 
rehouse [re-house]
 A new building is planned which will rehouse most of the British Library's present functions under one roof.
volver a hablar innecesariamente 
belabour [belabor, -USA]
 I agree heartily with this, and to belabor past arguments which will not apply to future problems seems a waste of time.
volver a hacer  
redo [re-do]
remake
 Clearly, the editor is not obligated to re-do the abstract, and if such is required, the professional competence of the abstractors must be questioned.
 The article 'The remaking of librarians in the knowledge era' details some of the efforts made to 'remake' the collection, advertise library services and rebuild membership.
volver a hacer un examen 
retake + an exam
 If you do not pass an exam the first time, you may retake it at any time.
volver a hidratar 
rehydrate
 This beverage rehydrates the body more quickly and more durably than conventional sports drinks.
volver a imprimir 
reprint
 The computer merely has to reprint the index to include all titles to be covered by the cumulated index.
volver a incluir 
reinstate
 Through litigation some statements had been reinstated, but some elements still were not there at all.
volver a indizar 
re-index [reindex]
 It was therefore decided to re-index the documents with a mean of 3.8 entries each.
volver a inscribir 
reregister
 As a result of the nationalized health care overhaul he has announced he is switching his political affiliation and reregistering as a Republican.
volver a insertar 
reinsert
 This organization uses an innovative approach to reinsert young people formerly hospitalized for psychiatric problems into the workforce.
volver a insertar en el ordenador 
rekey [re-key]
 Previously, these libraries had been producing printed cards to send to LC as their location reports, which in turn were rekeyed into machine-readable form by an LC contractor for addition to the RAL data base.
volver a insistir  [Referido generalmente a una idea, argumento o punto de vista]
labour + the point
 I am sorry to labour the point, but the list that you have just read out did not include a single west African country.
volver a intentar 
retry [re-try]
 Students have the opportunity to retry any question missed until they get the correct answer or wish to leave the program.
volver a interpretar 
reinterpret [re-interpret]
 The Victorians had unprecedented access to a wealth of manuscript sources, which helped them rediscover and reinterpret their cultural history.
volver a introducir   
re-enter [reenter]
reintroduce
reinsert
 The message then can be deleted, read again on the screen filed electronically, printed out as a hard copy, or sent to a third party without the need to re-enter it.
 But adoption of the ISBD reintroduces repetition of the author's name before and after the title, which is particularly objectionable in the case of lengthy or complex corporate names.
 This organization uses an innovative approach to reinsert young people formerly hospitalized for psychiatric problems into the workforce.
volver a juzgar 
retry [re-try]
 After a preliminary acquittal, they were retried and convicted, causing public outrage, especially among artists.
volver a la etapa de planificación  
return to + the drawing boards
back to the drawing board
 In the light of this situation, it becomes necessary for librarians to return to the drawing boards to revise public policy statements.
 If a proposal for a new regulation or directive raises important questions about the national interest then it can be sent back to the drawing board or vetoed outright.
volver a la normalidad      
get back to + normal
return to + normalcy
get (back) into + the swings of things
be back to normal
go back to + normal
come back to + earth
 Since we can't pay you overtime the way we do the clerks, I'll try to arrange some compensatory time when things get back to normal.
 Everybody wants the nation to return to normalcy with peace and order.
 It was hard to start with as I got tired easily and had also lost a lot of confidence, but I soon got into the swings of things.
 Flights were back to normal yesterday after the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud returned to ground further flights from Exeter Airport.
 Nobody told me that after the initial excitement everyone would go back to normal except me.
 Ironically, just as we were discussing how Jive's prices will have to come back to earth, news of Jive's dramatic layoff came in.
volver a la popularidad 
return to + favour
 Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
volver a la realidad   
come back to + earth
snap back to + reality
snap back to + life
 Ironically, just as we were discussing how Jive's prices will have to come back to earth, news of Jive's dramatic layoff came in.
 Daydreaming of faraway places makes it harder to snap back to reality.
 Consumers are snapping back to life, kindling springtime hopes that the recession is losing steam.
volver a la seguridad de 
burrow back into
 An emotional crisis at home may send a child burrowing back into the security of well-loved books remembered from happier days.
volver a la vida normal 
get (back) into + the swings of things
 It was hard to start with as I got tired easily and had also lost a lot of confidence, but I soon got into the swings of things.
volver a leer  [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio reread]
reread [re-read]
 Next, the case should be reread with a view to identifying and listing the problems to be solved.
volver a levantar el sistema 
restart
 DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.
volver Algo a su estado anterior 
put + Nombre + back on track
 The article is entitled 'Using project management to put client/server projects back on track' = El artículo se titula "El uso de la gestión mediante proyectos para reactivar los proyectos cliente/servidor".
volver Algo del revés  
turn + Nombre + inside-out
turn + Nombre + on its head
 The article is entitled 'Umbrella in a hurricane: new winds of change may turn it inside-out'.
 This interpretation turns Dewey's social critique on its head by re-enforcing the political status-quo.
volver Algo en Otra Cosa 
turn + Nombre + into
 The article is entitled 'Research: turning research priorities into answerable questions'.
volver a ligar 
reattach
 After unattaching all three and then reattaching them, everything worked fine.
volver al pasado 
turn + the clock back
 A visit to this village is an opportunity to turn the clock back over 150 years.
volver al principio   
come + full circle
bring + Pronombre + full-circle
be back at square one
 Once the planning team is formed, there needs to be consideration of how often the process comes full circle and begins to repeat.
 Together, they represent the onset of the cataclysm of which Noah is the triumphant conclusion, thus bringing us full circle.
 Life is more or less like a game of snake and ladders - you are the top at some point of time, and at the very next moment, you are back at square one.
volver al punto de partida    
come + full circle
bring + Pronombre + full-circle
go back to + square one
be back to square one
 Once the planning team is formed, there needs to be consideration of how often the process comes full circle and begins to repeat.
 Together, they represent the onset of the cataclysm of which Noah is the triumphant conclusion, thus bringing us full circle.
 At today's open meeting, the Commissioners voted unanimously to go back to square one.
 She told me that I was all at sixes and sevens with my eight times table and that it was 'back to square one' for me.
volver al redil 
return to + the fold
 On this increasingly God-fearing globe, only Western Europe looks like the last bastion of secularism - or are the faithful here too returning to the fold?.
volver a manejar 
rehandle
 This might be used to regenerate additional copies without rehandling the original.
volver a mezclar 
remix
 Once music is digitized you can filter it, bend it, archive it, rearrange it, remix it, mess with it.
volver a montar 
reassemble [re-assemble]
 The control counter and associated screening are part of a co-ordinated modular system comprised of units which are readily reassembled into different configurations.
volver a mostrar 
redisplay
 When the end code is entered on the name summary screen and the document summary screen is redisplayed, the zero opposite the names label will be changed to the number of names added.
volver a nacer    
have + a lucky escape
have + a narrow escape
escape by + the skin of + Posesivo + teeth
have + a narrow shave
 A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra.
 I and all friends, thankfully, are safe - although one or two had narrow escapes.
 Zelda has since had numerous adventures, escaping by the skin of her teeth at times.
 Vincent, another of the sailors, also had a narrow shave, he did not fall in but his bag did.
volver a nombrar 
rename
 Without such an understanding, attempts at overcoming the stereotype by willing it away, renaming, or ignoring it will remain futile.
volver a ordenar 
resort
 Almost as an afterthought we find a mention of mechanical devices for sorting and resorting index cards.
volver a oxidar 
reoxidise [reoxidize, -USA]
 The exposed part is changed by the radiation so that the surface can be cleaned, etched and reoxidized.
volver a pedir 
reorder [re-order]
 In some library systems instructions are given to suppliers that if goods are not supplied within, say, 12 months, the order is automatically cancelled and if the library still wants it it has to be reordered.
volver a pegar 
reattach
 After unattaching all three and then reattaching them, everything worked fine.
volver a pintar 
repaint [re-paint]
 The library is undergoing a five-day 'extreme makeover' and will be repainted, re-carpeted, reconfigured and equipped with the latest furnishings.
volver a planificar 
reschedule
 The 2005 second edition originally slated for 4th of May 2005 has been rescheduled for 2-4 August 2005.
volver a plantearse 
reconceive of
 The second way in which these changes might be brought about would be for our libraries to reconceive of their mission as information sources.
volver a ponerse a la cabeza 
regain + the lead
 The federal government can and should play a much bigger role in helping American companies regain the lead in manufacturing.
volver a ponerse al día  
be back on track
be on track
 When all is said and done, however, this great encyclopedia is now back on track after a period of confusion and frustration = No obstante, al final de cuentas esta gran enciclopedia vuelve a ser lo que era después de un periodo de confusión y frustración.
 The programme is now on track and microfiche is flowing again to the depository libraries = El programa ha vuelto a ser lo que era y las microfichas vuelven a enviarse a las bibliotecas de depósito legal.
volver a ponerse de moda 
make + a comeback
 For quite some time wall-to-wall carpeting was considered an outdated form of flooring but it has recently made a comeback.
volver a por sus fueros   
be back on track
be on track
bite back
 When all is said and done, however, this great encyclopedia is now back on track after a period of confusion and frustration = No obstante, al final de cuentas esta gran enciclopedia vuelve a ser lo que era después de un periodo de confusión y frustración.
 The programme is now on track and microfiche is flowing again to the depository libraries = El programa ha vuelto a ser lo que era y las microfichas vuelven a enviarse a las bibliotecas de depósito legal.
 The article 'Book clubs bite back' points to the fact that there is evidence elsewhere in the world that book clubs are capable of thriving in markets where free pricing has been the norm.
volver a preguntar 
check back
 Inquirers should be advised to leave their names and phone numbers or to check back after staff members have had time to consider the question.
volver a presentar 
resubmit [re-submit]
 When the abstracts were resubmitted in structured format, there was always a highly significant increase in the information content.
volver a prestar atención 
refocus + attention
 In an effort to refocus some attention on such basics, this article describes the efforts of the library to redesign its current periodicals area better to meet the needs of students and faculty.
volver a prestarle atención a 
refocus on
 In his weekly address President Obama refocused on two domestic issues looming: health care and jobs.
volver a procesar 
reprocess
 When you use a previous query in a different database or a new work session, however, the system needs to reprocess it.
volver a programar 
reschedule
 The 2005 second edition originally slated for 4th of May 2005 has been rescheduled for 2-4 August 2005.
volver a promover un producto 
rehyping
 Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
volver a publicar 
reissue [re-issue]
 The French original was long out of print until reissued in 1989.
volver a recibir financiación 
re-fund
 The program was not re-funded for the 1984-85 school year.
volver a reiterar  [Referido generalmente a una idea, argumento o punto de vista]
labour + the point
 I am sorry to labour the point, but the list that you have just read out did not include a single west African country.
volver a repetir  [Referido generalmente a una idea, argumento o punto de vista]
labour + the point
 I am sorry to labour the point, but the list that you have just read out did not include a single west African country.
volver a representar 
remap
 According to this data compression technique pixels are remapped to an intensity proportional to its rank among surrounding pixels.
volver a reunir 
reassemble [re-assemble]
 The control counter and associated screening are part of a co-ordinated modular system comprised of units which are readily reassembled into different configurations.
volver a salir 
come back out
 When our waiter came back out after clearing the table, we were certain that he was going to politely usher us out, but instead, he asked us if we were interested in dessert!.
volver a salir a la superficie 
resurface
 Divided collections are being reunited and bodies of material considered lost after World War 2 are resurfacing in Eastern Europe as well as in Germany.
volver a ser amigos  
be back to being friends
go back to being + friends
 Tonight let's be lovers, and tomorrow you're back to your man, I'm back to my world and we're back to being friends.
 We sorta dated briefly, but we went back to being friends.
volver a ser condenado 
reconviction
 Today's publication shows that reconviction rates for young people have fallen over the past five years.
volver a ser el de siempre 
be back to + Posesivo + usual self
 All cats get the runs from time to time but it usually runs its course quickly, and your cat is back to his usual self in a day or two.
volver a ser elegido 
reelect [re-elect]
 Their only means of getting reelected is by rigging the elections.
volver a ser lo que era  
be back on track
be on track
 When all is said and done, however, this great encyclopedia is now back on track after a period of confusion and frustration = No obstante, al final de cuentas esta gran enciclopedia vuelve a ser lo que era después de un periodo de confusión y frustración.
 The programme is now on track and microfiche is flowing again to the depository libraries = El programa ha vuelto a ser lo que era y las microfichas vuelven a enviarse a las bibliotecas de depósito legal.
volver a solicitar 
reapply for
 If your application is denied, the denial letter should indicate the date you may reapply for citizenship.
volver a subvencionar 
re-fund
 The program was not re-funded for the 1984-85 school year.
volver a su camino   
get back on + track
get back on + Posesivo + path
get back on + course
 Topics covered included: barriers to cooperation; why library cooperation must get back on track; and strategies for the future.
 Sometimes, when nudging doesn't work, life gives you a shove to get you back on your path.
 After getting back on course the difficulties continued when she went off course for a second time and her bike became entangled in a fence.
volver a tomar  
regain
retake
 Once he regained his weight, he began to play like he did in 2006, when he won the tournament.
 Minister Ashkir said the Somali government will 'even use foreign troops to retake Kismayo'.
volver a traducir 
remap
 According to this data compression technique pixels are remapped to an intensity proportional to its rank among surrounding pixels.
volver a traer 
restore
 In general, each end code entered restores a previous screen, where you can make further choices.
volver atrás  
turn + the clock back
go + backwards
 I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.
 Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.
volver a tratar 
revisit
 The current study revisits the topic after a number of years to see if the findings still hold.
volver a unir 
reunite [re-unite]
 Divided collections are being reunited and bodies of material considered lost after World War 2 are resurfacing in Eastern Europe as well as in Germany.
volver a untar grasa al cojinete 
repack + bearing
 Chapter 12 covers the following: waxing a car; repairing tubeless tires, and repacking front wheel bearings, checking the timing belt, the ignition key, and the inlet manifold.
volver a usar 
reuse [re-use]
 They have implemented a voluntary system for libraries of charging for photocopies with flat-rate 5 franc tokens, which can either be re-used by the recipient or cashed in for 4 francs.
volver a utilizar  
recapture
reutilise [reutilize, -USA]
 Therefore, if you perform a lot of deletions or editing of MARC records held on a data disk, running this utility will recapture the 'dead' space and maximize your disk storage space.
 The project was launched to help make copyright content more 'active' by ensuring that it can be reutilised with a minimum of transactional effort.
volver a vivir 
relive
 The reader of this work can relive with some degree of verisimilitude the excitement and stimulation created by these institutes and such colloquies as the Kilgour-Lubetzky exchange.
volver con 
get back (together) with
 Think back to the last person you were in a serious relationship with, would you ever get back together with them?.
volver corriendo 
scurry back
 He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.
volver de lleno a 
jump back in/into/to
 The actress - who was recently photographed without her wedding ring - is to come out of hiding and jump back into the spotlight.
volver de nuevo 
come back out
 When our waiter came back out after clearing the table, we were certain that he was going to politely usher us out, but instead, he asked us if we were interested in dessert!.
volver de nuevo a 
change back to
 And now change the indicator back to the default value.
volver el reloj atrás 
turn + the clock back
 A visit to this village is an opportunity to turn the clock back over 150 years.
volver en avión 
fly back
 Why is it such a schlep to fly back on a Friday night from Johannesburg to Cape Town?.
volver en coche 
drive back
 A Manlius man died in a car crash early Sunday while driving back to college in Florida after spending the holidays with family, a close friend said.
volver en + Expresión Temporal 
be back in + Expresión Temporal
 'I'd like you to tell the director that I'll be back in a day or so to see her to challenge this policy'.
volver en sí     
regain + Posesivo + consciousness
come to + life
liven up
come (a)round
come (a)round
 Hundreds of thousands of people died from this inexplicable ailment without ever regaining consciousness.
 Italy, on the other hand, came to life only in the last ten odd minutes of their game against Slovakia.
 Here are ten fun ways to liven up your average train journey.
 When she came around after the sedation wore off, Susie was surprised that she did not feel any discomfort.
 When she came around after the sedation wore off, Susie was surprised that she did not feel any discomfort.
volver hacia atrás 
backtrack [back-track]
 Use <Backspace> to backtrack to the character(s) you want to change.
volver la cabeza 
turn + Posesivo + head
 The horse snuffled indignantly and turned its head to look at him out of the corner of his eye.
volver la cabeza para mirar 
rubberneck
 Why do people rubberneck when they see an accident?.
volver la casa al revés 
turn + everything upside down
 The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.
volver la espalda    
give + Nombre + the cold shoulder
turn + a cold shoulder to
cold-shoulder
turn + Posesivo + back
 Sorry Castlegr, I thought that by giving you the cold shoulder you might get the hint and realise the bond has gone.
 With its usual rhetoric, Iran has turned a cold shoulder to the latest sanctions.
 He cold-shouldered his teammates, who cold-shouldered him back.
 But as soon as she turned her back he got up and grabbed the knife he had and stabbed her in the back.
volver la espalda a 
turn + Posesivo + back (up)on
 We can choose to turn our backs on these principles with fatuous arguments which posit their anachronism and the nonexistent intelligence of computing machinery.
volver la mirada 
look back
 In the long run, electronic uinformation technology will very likely have important effects, but many of the changes will be so gradual as to be unnoticeable to those experiencing them until they look back.
volver la página 
turn over + the page
 Turn over the page and you will find suggested analyses against which you can check your solution.
volver las tornas  
turn + the tables (on)
turn it + all (a)round
 A feisty Harlem woman turned the tables on three subway muggers, chasing down two of the thugs while snatching back her purse.
 So when I talked to her and told her how I felt she turned it all around and then said I was trying to run her life.
volver la vista atrás 
look back
 In the long run, electronic uinformation technology will very likely have important effects, but many of the changes will be so gradual as to be unnoticeable to those experiencing them until they look back.
volverlo a hacer 
go and do it again
 Well, she's gone and done it again - she's up the spout and with another sprog on the way.
volver loco de remate 
make + Nopmbre + stir-crazy
 After returning from Europe, Elizabeth worked an office job that made her stir-crazy.
volver por + Posesivo + cuenta 
make + Posesivo + (own) way back
 Clouds rolled in and it was time to make our way back into the city to catch the overnight train.
volver pronto 
haste back
 'Haste ye back!' called Derek Law, in his best Scottish brogue.
volver radical 
radicalise [radicalize,-USA]
 The report on the likely impact of the Iraqi war on British Muslims warned that the conflict would embitter and radicalize them.
volverse  [Verbo irregular: pasado became, participio become]   
become
turn into
swing around
turn (a)round
 Some degree of ignorance of this kind is not unusual since the usual objective in consulting an information source is to become better informed.
 But the incompleteness of information can be turned into an asset by challenging students to specify what additional information they would like and how they would attempt to get it.
 Garschine, who had his back to the door and was looking out of the window when she entered, swung around.
 In the middle of the night, however, the man gave a start and turned around to find a woman lying at his feet.
volverse + Adjetivo 
grow + Adjetivo
 The world round me may have grown dimmer with the passing of the years, but not the world reflected in the magic mirror of literature.
volverse a reunir 
reconvene
 According to this model, managers meet to identify goals and objectives and then reconvene after a given time to rate their levels of accomplishment.
volverse a unir a 
rejoin
 France is expected to soon rejoin NATO's military command after a 40-year absence.
volverse cada vez más grande 
get + bigger and bigger
 Hard disks keep getting bigger and bigger, but somehow we still run out of space.
volverse cada vez más pequeño 
get + smaller and smaller
 Trust is like an eraser it gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.
volverse chalado   
go off + Posesivo + rocker
go + batty
go + mental
 I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.
 Shortly thereafter, she went batty and began screaming like a banshee.
 That wrestler didn't go mental from steroid use from taking lots of blows to the back of the head.
volverse chiflado    
go + potty
go off + Posesivo + rocker
go + batty
go + mental
 That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.
 I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.
 Shortly thereafter, she went batty and began screaming like a banshee.
 That wrestler didn't go mental from steroid use from taking lots of blows to the back of the head.
volverse ciego 
become + blind
 The author describes how a school librarian in Canada who became blind overcame her handicap to continue her library work.
volverse + Color 
turn to + Color
 Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.
volverse cruel 
become + vicious
 There's more to it than that - he becomes vicious, cutting people up behind their backs if they cross him in any way.
volverse ecológico 
go + green
 When you want to go green with an existing building, you can take steps to reduce environmental impact without making major structural changes.
volverse en contra de 
turn against
 By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
volverse estúpido  
go off + Posesivo + rocker
get + silly
 I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.
 Empathy is all well and good but this is getting silly.
volverse etéreo 
etherealise [etherealize, -USA]
 The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and 'etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
volverse frenético    
go + berserk
go + postal
go + crazy
work up + a lather
 It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
 You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
 Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
 The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.
volverse frío 
go + cold
 The weather was great the first day, then it all went rainy and cold.
volverse histérico      
go + hysterical
go + berserk
go + postal
work up + a lather
throw + a wobbler
throw + a wobbly
 A group of movie-goers went hysterical after watching a ghost film in Indonesia.
 It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
 You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
 The boy's mother got angry as a hornet and obtained a lawyer, who also has worked up a lather over this grievous injustice.
 Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler - which sets the other one off!.
 The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.
volverse ilegible 
become + unreadable
 The 'Recover Data Index' utility attempts to reconstruct a data diskette that for some reason has become unreadable to the system.
volverse insensible a 
become hardened to
 Anne herself had become hardened to such affronts; but she felt theimprudence of the arrangement quite keenly.
volverse líquido 
turn to + liquid
 Boks were placed in ordinary freezers before being vacuum frozen to remove ice crystals from pages before they turned to liquid.
volverse loco                        
go + bananas
take + leave of + Posesivo + senses
go + mad
run + amok
lose + Posesivo + marbles
go + bonkers
go + berserk
go + postal
go + wild
go + crazy
go + nuts
go + potty
get + a buzz from
go out of + Posesivo + mind
throw + a wobbly
go off + the rails
throw + a wobbler
go + haywire
go off + Posesivo + rocker
go (a)round + the bend
go + batty
flip + Posesivo + lid
go + mental
go + crackers
 'I can't take it! the man's gone bananas'.
 Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.
 The article is entitled 'The confrontation of childhood with a world gone mad: an examination of children's biography and autobiography in the context of World War 2'.
 Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.
 The article is entitled 'Have We Lost Our Marbles?'.
 The article is entitled 'Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.
 It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
 You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
 Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone.
 Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
 When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
 That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.
 How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.
 For this reason, he did not die, but rather went out of his mind.
 The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.
 He never had issues with alcohol as a teen with going off the rails etc as he was used to have a sip of wine now and then with dinner or at Crimbo.
 Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler - which sets the other one off!.
 The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.
 I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.
 She thinks she's gone around the bend because she keeps dreaming about falling down a rabbit hole into another world.
 Shortly thereafter, she went batty and began screaming like a banshee.
 Mr James, who served 13 years of his 30-year sentence for the train robbery, said that he had come to the end of his tether and 'flipped his lid'.
 That wrestler didn't go mental from steroid use from taking lots of blows to the back of the head.
 We've gone crackers! Quinn and I were looking at Christmas crackers the other day and the prices are just ridiculous!.
volverse loco de alegría   
thrill + Nombre + to bits
be chuffed to bits
be tickled pink
 The critics are divided but Rolf Harris says he's thrilled to bits with the finished product.
 Obviously I'm chuffed to bits that I'm getting so many visitors and that the word's getting out.
 She will be tickled pink with these French ticklers.
volverse loco por        
sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet
go + gaga (over)
be crazy about
fall + deeply in love with
be nuts about
be crackers about
be bonkers about
be dotty about
 A historical work such as this might help us keep from being swept off our feet by every 'new' panacea.
 Indonesians people should not go gaga over Obama and the fact he once lived in Indonesia.
 He's crazy about someone who doesn't love him back.
 Apollo fell deeply in love with Daphne, however she did not return his love.
 Wow, Romeo certainly was nuts about Juliet!.
 He was crackers about her and I felt very sorry for him.
 I am not sure whether she knew I was bonkers about her, but if she did, she was kind enough no to let it intrude on our general friendship.
 She's embarrassed to confess that, although she is dotty about dogs, she lives in a tiny non-dog-friendly flat.
volverse majareta           
go + potty
go out of + Posesivo + mind
go off + the rails
go off + Posesivo + rocker
go + mad
go (a)round + the bend
go + batty
flip + Posesivo + lid
go + mental
go + bonkers
go + crackers
 That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.
 For this reason, he did not die, but rather went out of his mind.
 He never had issues with alcohol as a teen with going off the rails etc as he was used to have a sip of wine now and then with dinner or at Crimbo.
 I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.
 The article is entitled 'The confrontation of childhood with a world gone mad: an examination of children's biography and autobiography in the context of World War 2'.
 She thinks she's gone around the bend because she keeps dreaming about falling down a rabbit hole into another world.
 Shortly thereafter, she went batty and began screaming like a banshee.
 Mr James, who served 13 years of his 30-year sentence for the train robbery, said that he had come to the end of his tether and 'flipped his lid'.
 That wrestler didn't go mental from steroid use from taking lots of blows to the back of the head.
 The article is entitled 'Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.
 We've gone crackers! Quinn and I were looking at Christmas crackers the other day and the prices are just ridiculous!.
volverse marrón 
turn + brown
 Collect the seed heads when they are turning brown by cutting them from the plants and drying them on a tray made of very fine wire mesh.
volverse millonario 
strike + it rich
 'Stagecoach robberies', 'shoot-outs', 'striking it rich' these are all typical events associated to the Wild West when men and women from the East went to California searching for gold = "Asaltos a las diligencias", "tiroteos", "volverse millonario" son cosas típicas asociadas al Lejano Oeste cuando los hombres y las mujeres del este se dirigieron a California en busca de oro.
volverse obscuro 
turn + dark
 For fifty years impregnated papers have been used which turn dark at every point where an electrical contact touches them by reason of the chemical change thus produced in a iodine compound included in the paper.
volverse obsoleto     
go out of + date
become + obsolete
go out of + fashion
obsolesce
become + redundant
 Information in the humanities does not readily go out of date.
 Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.
 Sawn-in cords, giving flat spines, were common in the mid seventeenth century, but then went out of fashion until they were reintroduced in about 1760.
 The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and 'etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
 I don't think that post boxes will become redundant.
volverse oscuro 
turn + dark
 For fifty years impregnated papers have been used which turn dark at every point where an electrical contact touches them by reason of the chemical change thus produced in a iodine compound included in the paper.
volverse violento 
turn + violent
 Many of Douala's three million people stayed indoors after a road haulage strike was announced for Monday, fearing that the protest could turn violent.
volverse viral  [Extenderse rápidamente en Internet]
go + viral
 Though the proportion of ads that 'go viral' in any meaningful way is small, it is possible to increase your odds of success.
volver sobre 
retrace
 This trek provides an opportunity to authentically retrace part of his route of exploration.
volver sobre los pasos de uno  
double-back
go back on + Posesivo + steps
 But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
 We then realized we had been walking the wrong path and had to go back on our steps, adding one hour to an already long walk.
volver sobre + Posesivo + pasos  
retrace + Posesivo + steps
retrace + Posesivo + footsteps
 Numbers given in brackets refer to frames which have led to the one you are reading; this is to help you retrace your steps if necessary.
 Visitors of this exhibition retrace Darwin's footsteps from his youth all the way to the publication of The Origin of Species and his death in 1882.
volver tarde a casa 
stay out + late
 Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.

Tendencias de uso de la palabra volver

TENDENCIAS

TENDENCIAS DE USO ACTUALES DEL TÉRMINO «VOLVER»

El término «volver» es muy utilizado habitualmente y ocupa la posición 383 de nuestra lista de términos más usados del diccionario de español.
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En el mapa anterior se refleja la frecuencia de uso del término «volver» en los diferentes paises.
Principales tendencias de búsqueda y usos comunes de volver
Listado de las príncipales búsquedas realizadas por los usuarios para acceder a nuestro diccionario de español en línea y expresiones más usadas con la palabra «volver».

FRECUENCIA DE USO DEL TÉRMINO «VOLVER» A LO LARGO DEL TIEMPO

El gráfico expresa la evolución anual de la frecuencia de uso de la palabra «volver» en los últimos 500 años. Su implementación se basa en el análisis de la frecuencia de aparición del término «volver» en las fuentes impresas digitalizadas del español publicadas desde el año 1500 hasta la actualidad.

Citas, bibliografía en español y actualidad sobre volver

EJEMPLOS DE USO

10 CITAS CON «VOLVER»

Citas y frases célebres con la palabra volver.
1
Catulo
El sol puede morir y volver a nacer; pero nosotros una vez apagada nuestra breve claridad, hemos de dormir una sola y eterna noche.
2
Charles C. Colton
Volver la vista atrás es una cosa y marchar atrás, otra.
3
Jacinto Benavente
Nunca he comprendido que los hombres ni los pueblos quieran volver a vivir una sola hora de su vida pasada. Bien pasado está todo lo pasado.
4
Jacob Burckhardt
Los libros útiles deben volver a ser leídos, ya que presentan nuevas fases, no sólo a cada lector, sino a cada siglo, incluso a cada edad de cada individuo.
5
Julien Green
He comprendido que somos sordos y ciegos, que venimos de la noche para volver a la noche sin saber nada de nuestro destino.
6
Lao-Tsê
Vivir es llegar y morir es volver.
7
Máxima Hebrea
El que da no debe volver a acordarse, pero el que recibe nunca debe olvidar.
8
Rubén Darío
Juventud, divino tesoro, te vas para no volver.
9
Tucídides
La historia es un incesante volver a empezar.
10
Antonio Gaudí i Cornet
La originalidad consiste en volver al origen; así pues, original es aquello que vuelve a la simplicidad de las primeras soluciones.

10 REFRANES CON LA PALABRA «VOLVER»

Recopilación de refranes del refranero popular español con el término volver.
Ha de volver el gato a la ceniza.
Ingrato, el volver mal por bien tiene por trato.
Ir por lana y volver trasquilado.
Ir por leña y volver caliente, le ocurre a alguna gente.
Ir romera y volver ramera le sucede a cualquiera; cualquiera que quiera.
Ir romera y volver ramera no es del todo mala carrera.
Ir romera y volver ramera.
Ir y no volver, es como querer y no poder.
Ir y volver, no todos lo pueden hacer.
Irse bestia y volver más, muchas veces lo verás.
Los refranes recogen el saber popular. Señalan qué actitud conviene adoptar en cada situación, definen la razón de una determinada conducta, extraen las consecuencias de una circunstancia… entrañando en cualquier caso un fin didáctico y aleccionador y convirtiendo la anécdota humana en tema de reflexión.

Los primeros refranes escritos se remontan a la Edad Media y versan sobre todo lo cotidiano (trabajos del campo, la iglesia, los hombres, mujeres, etc…).

Miguel de Cervantes, en Don Quijote de la Mancha escribe: "los refranes son sentencias breves, sacadas de la experiencia y especulación de nuestros antiguos ancianos". Seguirá diciendo Don Quijote sobre la utilidad de los refranes: "cualquiera de los que has dicho [, Sancho,] basta para dar a entender tu pensamiento" (Segunda parte, capítulo XVII).

10 LIBROS DEL ESPAÑOL RELACIONADOS CON «VOLVER»

Descubre el uso de volver en la siguiente selección bibliográfica. Libros relacionados con volver y pequeños extractos de los mismos para contextualizar su uso en la literatura.
1
Volver
Ellos juegan a encontrarse a trav?'s del tiempo, a despertar en espacios y pocas extra as para atraparse y volver a comenzar.
Claudia Estrada, Editorial Globalebooks, 2011
2
Volver a pensar la educación
Estas son algunas de las preguntas que no tienen hoy fácil réspuesta ya las que intentan responder estos dos volúmenes. Pocas veces en una misma obra se han unido tantas voces ofreciendo materiales inéditos y puntos de vista renovados.
Congreso Internacional de Didáctica, 1995
3
Volver
Guión de Volver, película de Pedro Almodóvar con Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo y Chus Lampreave, magníficas actrices a las órdenes de un director inigualable nos relatan una historia donde los ...
Pedro Almodóvar, 2006
4
Volver a la niñez
In The Inner Child, John Bradshaw demonstrates how your wounded inner child may be causing you pain and offers the tools to help you gradually, safely go back to reclaim, and nurture that child and literally help yourself grow up again.
John Bradshaw, 2012
5
Volver
Ahí, en ese ir y venir de emociones hondas , brilla el talento de Toni Morrison, una mujer que lleva el dolor en la punta de los dedos y lo gobierna con pocas y buenas palabras. «A mis ochenta y un años, me siento atenta, vital, yo ...
Toni Morrison, 2012
6
Comer, adelgazar y no volver a engordar
Convencido de la necesidad de mantener una alimentación equilibrada para conservar una buena salud física y psicológica,Comer, adelgazar y no volver a engordar es su gran contribución a favor de la racionalización de nuestra dieta en ...
Suzanne L. Swanson, Michel Montignac, 2011
7
208 maneras de volver a un hombre loco de deseo
Dejad que hable la mujer apasionada que lleváis dentro y, añadiéndole la ternura y fantasía necesarias, descubrid cómo hacer que vuestro compañero se vuelva loco de amor .... (Margot Saint-Loup)
Margot Saint-Lopu, 2001
8
Volver a empezar. Lean Management: Una novela que transforma ...
El Lean Management nació de la aplicación del sistema desarrollado por Toyota, que tanto éxito ha tenido, pero aplicado a todo tipo de sectores de actividad – sean industriales o de servicios- el Lean Management, comparado con los ...
Lluís Cuatrecasas Arbós, 2011
9
Volver a empezar
La visión habitual que se tiene de la madrastra o el padrastro está muy arraigada en el inconsciente colectivo y generalmente tiene connotaciones negativas.Sin embargo, esta figura es más importante de lo que se tiende a creer, y en las ...
Raimon Gaja, 2011
10
Un hogar a que volver
Mientras las grietas de su matrimonio se revelan más profundas que las de la vivienda y sus hijos crecen más rápido de lo que nunca hubiera creído, mientras su carrera como pintora toma impulso y Simon despierta en ella una pasión ...
Mary Nickson, 2011

10 NOTICIAS EN LAS QUE SE INCLUYE EL TÉRMINO «VOLVER»

Conoce de qué se habla en los medios de comunicación nacionales e internacionales y cómo se emplea el término volver en el contexto de las siguientes noticias.
1
Zapatillas de "Volver al Futuro" desde hoy son una realidad
Zapatillas de "Volver al Futuro" desde hoy son una realidad. Llamadas "Nike Mag", estarán disponibles a través de un sorteo para quienes entreguen una ... «LaTercera, Oct 16»
2
Ya podrás comprar los tenis de Volver al Futuro
Todos conocemos los famosos tenis de Volver al Futuro II, los cuales pueden atar las agujetas por si solos. Si recordamos, Nike hizo la promesa que para este ... «unocero, Sep 16»
3
Las zapatillas de Volver al Futuro salen a la venta en noviembre
Muchos las esperaron en vano el año pasado, cuando se cumplieron 30 años del estreno de la primera parte de Volver al Futuro, pero en 2015 no llegaron. «Clarín.com, Sep 16»
4
'REM volver a casa', una 'app' para practicar 'mindfulness'
El Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de La Paz ha desarrollado una aplicación para móviles para acercar las técnicas del 'mindfulness' a los pacientes para ... «Diario Médico, Sep 16»
5
Michael J. Fox y Coldplay tocaron temas de "Volver al futuro"
Recientemente se cumplieron 31 años del estreno de Volver al futuro, el mítico filme que dirigió Robert Zemeckis. Además, el año pasado los fanáticos del todo ... «Infobae.com, Jul 16»
6
Gabriela Cerruti: "Vamos a volver sin los que robaron"
"Vamos a volver sin los que aprovecharon un gobierno nacional y popular para hacer sus negocios y que hoy nos llenan de asco y vergüenza", disparó. «Perfil.com, Jun 16»
7
Zapatos de Volver al futuro
Nike presentó unos zapatos autoajustables cuya forma de operar se asemeja a lo mostrado en la segunda parte de la trilogía Volver al futuro. El sistema ... «ElTiempo.com, Mar 16»
8
La oscura historia del DeLorean, el auto de Volver al Futuro
El DMC-12 fue el único carro producido por la compañía DeLorean Motors, de 1981 a 1983, y fue el apasionado proyecto de John Zachary DeLorean, ... «ViveUSA, Oct 15»
9
¿Fue "Volver al futuro" demasiado optimista respecto a 2015?
En la fecha más emblemática de la trilogía "Volver al futuro", los protagonistas llegan a un momento en que no sólo los coches volaban, sino también las ... «BBC Mundo, Oct 15»
10
Los tenis de 'Volver al futuro II' salen a la venta en 2016
Fanáticos de Volver al futuro, tienen unos cuantos meses para ahorrar, pues los tenis Nike Mag que se abrochan solos y que impactaron a todos en la segunda ... «CNET en Español, Oct 15»

IMÁGENES SOBRE «VOLVER»

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REFERENCIA
« EDUCALINGO. Volver [en línea] . Disponible en <https://educalingo.com/es/dic-es/volver>. May 2024 ».
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