vuelta
See also: Vuelta
Spanish
Etymology
From 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
- IPA(key): /ˈbwelta/ [ˈbwel̪.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -elta
- Syllabification: vuel‧ta
- Homophone: buelta
Noun
vuelta f (plural vueltas)
- turn
- return
- walk
- tour, trip
- 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
- a la vuelta de la esquina
- dar cien vueltas
- dar la vuelta
- dar una vuelta
- dar vuelta
- de vuelta
- ida y vuelta
- media vuelta
- partido de vuelta
- poner de vuelta y media
- putivuelta
- sacar la vuelta
- Vuelta a España
- vuelta al mundo
- vuelta de campana
- vuelta de rezón
Related terms
- volver
- vuelto
Participle
vuelta f sg
- feminine singular of vuelto
Further reading
- “vuelta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014