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devolver
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English
Etymology
Noun
devolver (plural devolvers)
- A devolutionist.
- 1999, Paul Charles Light, The True Size of Government, page 55:
- It is on more traditional political attitudes where devolvers and reinventors draw on very different constituencies, creating two distinct packages of views toward government.
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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēvolvere (“to roll or to tumble off or down”)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: de‧vol‧ver
Verb
devolver (first-person singular present devolvo, first-person singular preterite devolvi, past participle devolvido)
- to return, give back
- Synonym: retornar
- Vou devolver isso.
- I'll give it back.
- to refund, to reimburse
- Synonym: reembolsar
- to devolve
Conjugation
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēvolvere (“roll or tumble off or down”). Cognate with English devolve.
Pronunciation
Verb
devolver (first-person singular present devuelvo, first-person singular preterite devolví, past participle devuelto)
- to return, refund, restore, give back, hand back, bring back, send back etc.
- to pay back, repay (to pay an amount of money owed to another)
- to devolve
- (colloquial) to throw up, to vomit
- Synonym: vomitar
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading
- “devolver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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