vuelta
See also: Vuelta
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom the feminine of the past participle of the verb volver (vuelto), or Vulgar Latin *volta, from *volŭta, from Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Cognate with English vault and Italian volta.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvuelta f (plural vueltas)
- turn
- return
- walk
- Synonym: paseo
- tour, trip
- Synonym: recorrido
- change (money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item)
- Synonym: cambio
- (sports) lap (one circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool)
- (sports) second leg, return leg (the second of the two matches or “legs” which are played between two teams in a two-legged tie)
- Synonyms: partido de vuelta, partido de retorno
- Antonyms: ida, partido de ida
Derived terms
edit- a la vuelta de la esquina
- a pocas vueltas
- a vuelta de
- a vuelta de rueda
- a vueltas de
- andar a vueltas
- buscarle la vuelta
- dar cien vueltas
- dar la vuelta
- dar una vuelta
- dar vuelta
- de vuelta
- ida y vuelta
- media vuelta
- palabra y piedra suelta no tiene vuelta
- partido de vuelta
- poner de vuelta y media
- putivuelta
- sacar la vuelta
- Vuelta a España
- vuelta al mundo
- vuelta de campana
- vuelta de carnero
- vuelta de podenco
- vuelta de rezón
- vuelta en redondo
- vueltero
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Basque: buelta
Participle
editvuelta f sg
Further reading
edit- “vuelta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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