tornar

Inherited from Old Navarro-Aragonese tornar from Latin tornāre.

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈna(ɾ)/

tornar

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

   El tornarem a fer ― We will do it again

4. (pronominal) to turn, to become

From Latin tornāre.

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

1. to turn, turn back
2. to drive away, make something turn back

   Tórnami eses cabres, nun les dexes entrar pa equí

   Drive away those goats, don't let them come in here

3. to return, come back

   Tornaben cansaos de la folixa

   They returned tired from the party

4. to prevent, impede, keep from (doing something)
5. to block the way

   Tornólu pa echalu d'equí

   He/She blocked his way to kick him out of here

6. to protect from

   Estos calcetos nun tornen ná de fríu

   These socks don't protect anything at all from the cold

7. (reflexive) to turn, become, transform
8. to translate

• tornar nún

• torna

Inherited from Old Catalan tornar, from Latin tornāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [turˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [torˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toɾˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

tornar (first-person singular present torno, first-person singular preterite torní, past participle tornat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

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

   Ho tornarem a fer ― We will do it again

4. (pronominal) to turn, to become

• tornar-se vermell

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈnaɾ/

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

1. (catenative) (to do something) again; to return to [with a (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
   • 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

   Synonym: escorrentar

   • 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

5. (intransitive) to be repugnant, to be disgusting

   Ese caldo torna! Está podre! ― That broth is disgusting! It's spoiled!

6. (intransitive) to return

   Synonym: volver

7. (intransitive) to change; to transform; to become

   Synonym: volver

   • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, 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

• torna
• torno

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tornar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tornar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tornar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tornar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tornar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tornar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tornar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

tornar (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of tornare

Inherited from Old Spanish tornar, from Latin tornāre.

tornar

1. to turn, rotate
2. to come back, to return

• tornar atrás (“go back, return, retreat”)
• tornar en si (“come to one's senses”)

tornar m

1. indefinite plural of torn

From Old Occitan tornar, from Latin tornāre.

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tornar (Gascony, Languedoc)

1. to return; to come back

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, p. 132
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 670.

From Latin tornāre.

tornar

1. (transitive) to turn (to rotate or reorient)
2. (intransitive) to turn into [with en ‘something’]

• Catalan: tornar

From Old Galician-Portuguese tornar, from Latin tornāre.

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

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

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

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

4. (pronominal) to become; to turn into

   Synonyms: ficar, transformar-se em, virar

   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.

6. (intransitive) to return; to come back [with a ‘to a prior location’]

   Synonyms: retornar, voltar

   Precisamos tornar imediatamente! ― We need to return immediately!

8. (transitive) to return (to give back) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone’]

   Synonyms: devolver, restituir, retornar

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

10. (auxiliary) to (do) again; to return to [with a (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]

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

• Macanese: tornâ

• “tornar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tornar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “tornar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Inherited from Latin tornāre. Cognate with English turn.

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈnaɾ/ [t̪oɾˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tor‧nar

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

   Synonyms: regresar, retornar, volver

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

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

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3. (transitive) to put back
4. (transitive) to change
5. (catenative) to (do) again [with a (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]
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)

• “tornar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

tornar

1. present indicative of torna

• tronar

From Latin tornāre. Compare Italian tornare.

tornar

1. (ambitransitive) to return

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