volgere

Italian

Alternative forms

• volvere (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin volvere (“to roll, roll back”), from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.d͡ʒe.re/
• Rhymes: -ɔldʒere
• Hyphenation: vòl‧ge‧re

Verb

vòlgere (first-person singular present vòlgo, first-person singular past historic vòlsi, past participle vòlto, auxiliary avére or (rarely, in an intransitive sense) èssere)

1. (transitive) to turn, to direct (something) (towards a specific object or goal)

   Synonym: girare

2. (transitive) to turn, to change (something) [with in ‘into something else’]
3. (transitive, uncommon) to translate
4. (transitive, literary) to turn, to rotate (a key, etc.)
5. (transitive, archaic) to surround, to encircle
6. (intransitive) to turn [with a ‘to/towards a location or goal’] [auxiliary avere or (rarely) essere]
7. (intransitive) to approach, to draw [with a ‘to a conclusion’] [auxiliary avere or (rarely) essere]

   volgere alla fine/conclusione ― to draw to a close (literally, “to approach to the end/conclusion”)

   il tempo volge' al peggio ― the weather gets worse (literally, “the weather approaches to the worse”)

8. (intransitive, literary) to pass (of time) [auxiliary avere or (rarely) essere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vòlgere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	vòlgere
auxiliary verb		avére, èssere1	gerund		volgèndo
present participle		volgènte	past participle		vòlto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	vòlgo	vòlgi	vòlge	volgiàmo	volgéte	vòlgono
imperfect	volgévo	volgévi	volgéva	volgevàmo	volgevàte	volgévano
past historic	vòlsi	volgésti	vòlse	volgémmo	volgéste	vòlsero
future	volgerò	volgerài	volgerà	volgerémo	volgeréte	volgerànno
conditional	volgerèi	volgerésti	volgerèbbe, volgerébbe	volgerémmo	volgeréste	volgerèbbero, volgerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	vòlga	vòlga	vòlga	volgiàmo	volgiàte	vòlgano
imperfect	volgéssi	volgéssi	volgésse	volgéssimo	volgéste	volgéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		vòlgi	vòlga	volgiàmo	volgéte	vòlgano
negative imperative		non vòlgere	non vòlga	non volgiàmo	non volgéte	non vòlgano

¹Rarely, in an intransitive sense.

Antonyms

• svolgere

Derived terms

• avvolgere
• capovolgere
• coinvolgere
• involgere
• rivolgere
• rivolgersi
• sconvolgere
• stravolgere
• travolgere
• volgersi

 

Related terms

• svolgimento
• volta
• voltare
• volto

 

Anagrams

• vergole

Latin

Verb

volgēre

1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of volgō