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tornar

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See also: tørnar
Languages (13)
Aragonese • Asturian • Catalan • Galician • Italian • Ladino • Norwegian Nynorsk • Occitan • Old Occitan • Portuguese • Spanish • Swedish • Venetan
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Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Navarro-Aragonese tornar from Latin tornāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

tornar

  1. (intransitive) to return, to go/come back
  2. (transitive) to return, to give back
  3. to do again, to repeat [with a (+ infinitive)]
    El tornarem a fer ― We will do it again
  4. (pronominal) to turn, to become

Conjugation

Conjugation of tornar (first conjugation)
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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tornāre.

Verb

tornar (first-person singular indicative present torno, past participle tornáu)

  1. to turn, turn back
  2. to drive away, make something turn back
    Tórnami eses cabres, nun les dexes entrar pa equí
    Drive away those goats, don't let them come in here
  3. to return, come back
    Tornaben cansaos de la folixa
    They returned tired from the party
  4. to prevent, impede, keep from (doing something)
  5. to block the way
    Tornólu pa echalu d'equí
    He/She blocked his way to kick him out of here
  6. to protect from
    Estos calcetos nun tornen ná de fríu
    These socks don't protect anything at all from the cold
  7. (reflexive) to turn, become, transform
  8. to translate

Conjugation

Conjugation of tornar
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Derived terms

  • tornar nún
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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tornar, from Latin tornāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

tornar (first-person singular present torno, first-person singular preterite torní, past participle tornat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

  1. (intransitive) to return, to go/come back
  2. (transitive) to return, to give back
  3. to do again, to repeat [with a (+ infinitive)]
    Ho tornarem a fer ― We will do it again
  4. (pronominal) to turn, to become

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tornar (first conjugation)
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Derived terms

References

  • “tornar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin tornāre (“to turn”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”).

Pronunciation

Verb

tornar (first-person singular present torno, first-person singular preterite tornei, past participle tornado)

  1. (catenative) (to do something) again; to return to [with a (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
    • 1862, Ramón Barros Sibelo, Desdichas do meu amor:
      Acaba se por fin a noit'escura
      E o día torna a vir
      The dark night finally ends
      And the day comes again
  2. (transitive) to turn
  3. (transitive) to turn back
  4. (transitive) to drive away
    Synonym: escorrentar
    • 1812, Ramón González Serna, Carta Recomendada:
      é ó mesmo que tornar os paxaros de un tarreo para que non coman ó grao, é deixar ó mesmo tempo portelos abertos para que ó coman os porcos
      it is the same as driving away the birds from a terrain so that they don't eat the grain, and then leaving the gates open for the pigs to do it
  5. (intransitive) to be repugnant, to be disgusting
    Ese caldo torna! Está podre! ― That broth is disgusting! It's spoiled!
  6. (intransitive) to return
    Synonym: volver
  7. (intransitive) to change; to transform; to become
    Synonym: volver
    • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
      Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se torne espeso como jngento
      for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, kneaded and cooked and stirred till it becomes thick as an ointment

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tornar
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    Reintegrated conjugation of tornar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
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1Less recommended.

Derived terms

References

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Italian

Verb

tornar (apocopated)

  1. apocopic form of tornare

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tornar, from Latin tornāre.

Verb

tornar

  1. to turn, rotate
  2. to come back, to return

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tornar m

  1. indefinite plural of torn

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tornar, from Latin tornāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

tornar (Gascony, Languedoc)

  1. to return; to come back

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Guilhemjoan, Patric (2005), Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), Per Noste, →ISBN, p. 132
  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 670
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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin tornāre.

Verb

tornar

  1. (transitive) to turn (to rotate or reorient)
  2. (intransitive) to turn into [with en ‘something’]

Descendants

  • Catalan: tornar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tornar, from Latin tornāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

tornar (first-person singular present torno, first-person singular preterite tornei, past participle tornado)

  2. (ditransitive) to make (to cause to be)
    A recessão tornou tudo caro. ― The recession made everything expensive.
  4. (pronominal) to become; to turn into
    Synonyms: ficar, transformar-se em, virar
    De novo, através da investigação, torna-se claro. ― Again, by investigation, it becomes clear.
    O príncipe tornou-se um sapo. ― The prince became a toad.
  6. (intransitive) to return; to come back [with a ‘to a prior location’]
    Synonyms: retornar, voltar
    Precisamos tornar imediatamente! ― We need to return immediately!
  8. (transitive) to return (to give back) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]
    Synonyms: devolver, restituir, retornar
    O ladrão não quis tornar as joias aos donos. ― The thief didn’t want to return the jewels to the owners.
  10. (auxiliary) to (do) again; to return to [with a (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
    Ele tornou a roubar depois que saiu da cadeia. ― He returned to stealing after he got out of jail.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tornar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
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1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Descendants

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Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.
Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor.
Latin tornus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin tornō
Spanish tornar

    Inherited from Latin tornāre. Cognate with English turn.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    tornar (first-person singular present torno, first-person singular preterite torné, past participle tornado)

    1. (transitive) to return
      Synonym: devolver
    2. (intransitive) to come back; to go back
      Synonyms: regresar, retornar, volver
    3. (transitive) to put back
    4. (transitive) to change
    5. (catenative) to (do) again [with a (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]
    6. (intransitive) to revive (to recover from a state of unconsciousness)
    7. (reflexive) to become (e.g. change in a characteristic, nature of something or status)

    Conjugation

        Conjugation of tornar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
    More information infinitive, gerund ...

    1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
    2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

        Selected combined forms of tornar

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    More information singular, plural ...

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    Swedish

    Verb

    tornar

    1. present indicative of torna

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    Venetan

    Etymology

    From Latin tornāre. Compare Italian tornare.

    Verb

    tornar

    1. (ambitransitive) to return

    Conjugation

    * Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

    Conjugation of tornar (first conjugation)
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