tornar

tornar

See also: tørnar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tornāre, present active infinitive of tornō.

Verb

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

1. to turn
2. to turn back

Conjugation

Conjugation of tornar

infinitive		tornar
gerund		tornando
past participle		m tornáu, f tornada, n tornao, m pl tornaos, f pl tornaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	torno	tornes	torna	tornamos	tornáis	tornen
	imperfect	tornaba	tornabes	tornaba	tornábemos, tornábamos	tornabeis, tornabais	tornaben
	preterite	torné	tornasti, tornesti	tornó	tornemos	tornastis, tornestis	tornaron
	pluperfect	tornare, tornara	tornares, tornaras	tornare, tornara	tornáremos, tornáramos	tornareis, tornarais	tornaren, tornaran
	future	tornaré	tornarás	tornará	tornaremos	tornaréis	tornarán
	conditional	tornaría	tornaríes	tornaría	tornaríemos, tornaríamos	tornaríeis, tornaríais	tornaríen
subjunctive	present	torne	tornes, tornas	torne	tornemos	tornéis	tornen, tornan
	imperfect	tornare, tornara	tornares, tornaras	tornare, tornara	tornáremos, tornáramos	tornareis, tornarais	tornaren, tornaran
imperative		—	torna	—	—	tornái	—

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan tornar, from Latin tornāre.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /toɾˈna/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /turˈna/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /toɾˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to return, to go/come back
2. (transitive) to return, to give back
3. (~ a +infinitive) to do again

Conjugation

Conjugation of tornar (first conjugation)

infinitive			tornar
present participle			tornant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tornat		tornada
		plural		tornats		tornades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	torno	tornes	torna	tornem	torneu	tornen
	imperfect	tornava	tornaves	tornava	tornàvem	tornàveu	tornaven
	future	tornaré	tornaràs	tornarà	tornarem	tornareu	tornaran
	preterite	torní	tornares	tornà	tornàrem	tornàreu	tornaren
	conditional	tornaria	tornaries	tornaria	tornaríem	tornaríeu	tornarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	torni	tornis	torni	tornem	torneu	tornin
	imperfect	tornés	tornessis	tornés	tornéssim	tornéssiu	tornessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	torna	torni	tornem	torneu	tornin

Derived terms

• tornar-se

References

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

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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

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈnaɾ/

Verb

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

1. (auxiliary with a and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) (to do something) again; to return to
   • 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
   • 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

   Synonym: escorrentar

5. (intransitive) to repugn

   Ese caldo torna! Está podre! ― That broths repugns! It's spoiled!

6. (intransitive) to return

   Synonym: volver

7. (intransitive) to change; to transform; to become
   • c1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), 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

   Synonym: volver

Conjugation

Conjugation of tornar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	tornar
personal	tornar	tornares	tornar	tornarmos	tornardes	tornaren
Gerund
	tornando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	tornado			tornados
feminine	tornada			tornadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	torno	tornas	torna	tornamos	tornades	tornan
imperfect	tornaba	tornabas	tornaba	tornabamos	tornabades	tornaban
preterite	tornei	tornaches	tornou	tornamos	tornastes	tornaron
pluperfect	tornara	tornaras	tornara	tornaramos	tornarades	tornaran
future	tornarei	tornarás	tornará	tornaremos	tornaredes	tornarán
conditional	tornaría	tornarías	tornaría	tornariamos	tornariades	tornarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	torne	tornes	torne	tornemos	tornedes	tornen
preterite	tornase	tornases	tornase	tornásemos	tornásedes	tornasen
future	tornar	tornares	tornar	tornarmos	tornardes	tornaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	torna	torne	tornemos	tornade	tornen
negative	–	tornes	torne	tornemos	tornedes	tornen

Derived terms

• tornadoira
• tornadoiro
• Tornadoiro
• tornafogo
• tornapeixes
• tornarratos
• tornaviaxe
• tornaxeira
• torneira
• torneiro
• Torneiros

 

Related terms

• torna
• torno

References

• “tornar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “tornar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “tornar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tornar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tornar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Verb

tornar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of tornare

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tornar m

1. indefinite plural of torn

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tornar, from Latin tornāre, present active infinitive of tornō.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

tornar

1. to return; to come back

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin tornāre, present active infinitive of tornō.

Verb

tornar

1. (transitive) to turn (to rotate or reorient)
2. (with en) to turn into

Descendants

• Catalan: tornar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tornar, from Latin tornāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈna(ʁ)/ [toɦˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈna(ʁ)/ [toɦˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toɾˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toʁˈna(ʁ)/ [toʁˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toɻˈna(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈnaɾ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɔɦˈna(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuɹˈna(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: tor‧nar

Verb

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

1. (ditransitive) to make (to cause to be)

   A recessão tornou tudo caro. ― The recession made everything expensive.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become; to turn into

   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.

   Synonyms: ficar, transformar-se em, virar

3. (intransitive, or transitive with a) to return; to come back

   Precisamos tornar imediatamente! ― We need to return immediately!

   Synonyms: retornar, voltar

4. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a) to return (to give back)

   O ladrão não quis tornar as joias aos donos. ― The thief didn’t want to return the jewels to the owners.

   Synonyms: devolver, restituir, retornar

5. (auxiliary with a and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) (to do something) again; to return to

   Ele tornou a roubar depois que saiu da cadeia. ― He returned to stealing after he got out of jail.

6. inflection of tornar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tornar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tornar
Personal	tornar	tornares	tornar	tornarmos	tornardes	tornarem
Gerund
	tornando
Past participle
Masculine	tornado			tornados
Feminine	tornada			tornadas
Indicative
Present	torno	tornas	torna	tornamos	tornais	tornam
Imperfect	tornava	tornavas	tornava	tornávamos	tornáveis	tornavam
Preterite	tornei	tornaste	tornou	tornamos1, tornámos2	tornastes	tornaram
Pluperfect	tornara	tornaras	tornara	tornáramos	tornáreis	tornaram
Future	tornarei	tornarás	tornará	tornaremos	tornareis	tornarão
Conditional
	tornaria	tornarias	tornaria	tornaríamos	tornaríeis	tornariam
Subjunctive
Present	torne	tornes	torne	tornemos	torneis	tornem
Imperfect	tornasse	tornasses	tornasse	tornássemos	tornásseis	tornassem
Future	tornar	tornares	tornar	tornarmos	tornardes	tornarem
Imperative
Affirmative		torna	torne	tornemos	tornai	tornem
Negative (não)		não tornes	não torne	não tornemos	não torneis	não tornem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tornāre. Cognate with English turn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈnaɾ/ [t̪oɾˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tor‧nar

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
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     Como además vieron al doctor Sedeño abstraído en la lectura de los periódicos políticos, tornaron al jardín.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   Synonyms: regresar, retornar, volver

3. (transitive) to put back
4. (transitive) to change
5. (intransitive) to do again (+ a + infinitive)
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)

infinitive			tornar
gerund			tornando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tornado		tornada
		plural		tornados		tornadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	torno	tornastú tornásvos	torna	tornamos	tornáis	tornan
	imperfect	tornaba	tornabas	tornaba	tornábamos	tornabais	tornaban
	preterite	torné	tornaste	tornó	tornamos	tornasteis	tornaron
	future	tornaré	tornarás	tornará	tornaremos	tornaréis	tornarán
	conditional	tornaría	tornarías	tornaría	tornaríamos	tornaríais	tornarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	torne	tornestú tornésvos2	torne	tornemos	tornéis	tornen
	imperfect (ra)	tornara	tornaras	tornara	tornáramos	tornarais	tornaran
	imperfect (se)	tornase	tornases	tornase	tornásemos	tornaseis	tornasen
	future1	tornare	tornares	tornare	tornáremos	tornareis	tornaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tornatú tornávos	torne	tornemos	tornad	tornen
	negative		no tornes	no torne	no tornemos	no tornéis	no tornen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú 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.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tornar
	dative	tornarme	tornarte	tornarle, tornarse	tornarnos	tornaros	tornarles, tornarse
	accusative	tornarme	tornarte	tornarlo, tornarla, tornarse	tornarnos	tornaros	tornarlos, tornarlas, tornarse
with gerund tornando
	dative	tornándome	tornándote	tornándole, tornándose	tornándonos	tornándoos	tornándoles, tornándose
	accusative	tornándome	tornándote	tornándolo, tornándola, tornándose	tornándonos	tornándoos	tornándolos, tornándolas, tornándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative torna
	dative	tórname	tórnate	tórnale	tórnanos	not used	tórnales
	accusative	tórname	tórnate	tórnalo, tórnala	tórnanos	not used	tórnalos, tórnalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative torná
	dative	torname	tornate	tornale	tornanos	not used	tornales
	accusative	torname	tornate	tornalo, tornala	tornanos	not used	tornalos, tornalas
with formal second-person singular imperative torne
	dative	tórneme	not used	tórnele, tórnese	tórnenos	not used	tórneles
	accusative	tórneme	not used	tórnelo, tórnela, tórnese	tórnenos	not used	tórnelos, tórnelas
with first-person plural imperative tornemos
	dative	not used	tornémoste	tornémosle	tornémonos	tornémoos	tornémosles
	accusative	not used	tornémoste	tornémoslo, tornémosla	tornémonos	tornémoos	tornémoslos, tornémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tornad
	dative	tornadme	not used	tornadle	tornadnos	tornaos	tornadles
	accusative	tornadme	not used	tornadlo, tornadla	tornadnos	tornaos	tornadlos, tornadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tornen
	dative	tórnenme	not used	tórnenle	tórnennos	not used	tórnenles, tórnense
	accusative	tórnenme	not used	tórnenlo, tórnenla	tórnennos	not used	tórnenlos, tórnenlas, tórnense

Related terms

• contorno
• entorno
• retornar
• tornado
• tornamesas
• tornillo
• torniquete
• torno
• trastorno

 

Further reading

• “tornar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Verb

tornar

1. present tense of torna.

Anagrams

• tronar

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin tornāre (compare Italian tornare), present active infinitive of tornō (“turn”).

Verb

tornar

1. (transitive, intransitive) to return

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of tornar (first conjugation)

infinitive	tornar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		tornando
past participle		tornà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	torno	(te) torni	(el/ła) torna	tornémo, tornòn	torné	(i/łe) torna
imperfect	tornava	(te) tornavi	(el/ła) tornava	tornàvimo	tornavi	(i/łe) tornava
future	tornarò	(te) tornarè	(el/ła) tornarà	tornarémo	tornarè	(i/łe) tornarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	tornarìa	(te) tornarisi	(el/ła) tornarìa	tornarìsimo	tornarisi	(i/łe) tornarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	torne, torna	(te) torni	(el/ła) torne, (el/ła) torna	tornémo, tornone	torné	(i/łe) torne, (i/łe) torna
imperfect	tornase	(te) tornasi	(el/ła) tornase	tornàsimo	tornasi	(i/łe) tornase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) torna	(el/ła) torna, (el/ła) torne	tornémo	torné	(i/łe) torna, (i/łe) torne