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)
- (transitive) to turn, to direct (something) (towards a specific object or goal)
- Synonym: girare
- (transitive) to turn, to change (something) [+ in (something else) = into]
- (transitive, uncommon) to translate
- (transitive, literary) to turn, to rotate (a key, etc.)
- (transitive, archaic) to surround, to encircle
- (intransitive) to turn [+ a (a location or goal) = to/towards] [auxiliary avere or (rarely) essere]
- (intransitive) to approach, to draw [+ a (a conclusion) = to] [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”)
- (intransitive, literary) to pass (of time) [auxiliary avere or (rarely) essere]
Conjugation
infinitive | vòlgere | |||||
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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 | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | 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.
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