tornar

Etymology

From Latin tornāre, present active infinitive of tornō.

Verb

tornar

1. to turn
2. to turn back

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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

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. (transitive) to turn
2. (transitive) to turn back
3. (intransitive) to return
4. (intransitive) to change; to transform; to become
5. (intransitive) to repugn

References

• “tornar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “tornar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “tornar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “tornar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “tornar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Verb

tornar

1. Apocopic form of tornare

Noun

tornar m

1. indefinite plural of torn

Etymology

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

Verb

tornar

1. to return; to come back

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾ.ˈnaɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁ.ˈna(ʁ)/

Verb

tornar (first-person singular present indicative torno, 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.

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

   Precisamos tornar imediatamente!

   We need to return immediately!

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.

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.

Etymology

From Latin tornāre, present active infinitive of tornō.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to return
2. (intransitive) to come back
3. (transitive) to put back
4. (transitive) to change
5. (intransitive, tornar a + infinitive) to do again
6. (intransitive) to revive (to recover from a state of unconsciousness)

Verb

tornar

1. present tense of torna.

Etymology

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

Verb

tornar

1. (transitive, intransitive) to return