svoltare
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zvolˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: svol‧tà‧re
Verb
svoltàre (first-person singular present svòlto, first-person singular past historic svoltài, past participle svoltàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to turn [auxiliary avere]
- svolta a sinistra ― turn left
- (transitive) to turn (e.g. a corner)
- (intransitive) to take a decisive turn [auxiliary avere]
- 2020, Sotto il Sole di Riccione [Under the Riccione Sun], spoken by Ciro (Cristiano Caccamo), Netflix:
- ... della tua vita, che se ti prendono hai svoltato.
- ... of your life, that if you get it your life will change.
- (literally, “... of your life, that if they take you you have taken a decisive turn.”)
- (transitive, uncommon) to unwrap
- Antonym: involtare
Conjugation
Conjugation of svoltàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)