volgere

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin volvere (“to roll, roll back”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔl.d͡ʒe.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔldʒere
  • Hyphenation: vòl‧ge‧re

Verb

vòlgere (first-person singular present vòlgo, first-person singular past historic vòlsi, past participle vòlto, auxiliary avére or (rarely, in an intransitive sense) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to turn, to direct (something (towards a specific object or goal))
    Synonym: girare
  2. (transitive) to turn, to change (something) [with in ‘into something else’]
  3. (transitive, uncommon) to translate
  4. (transitive, literary) to turn, to rotate (a key, etc.)
  5. (transitive, archaic) to surround, to encircle
  6. (intransitive) to turn [with a ‘to/towards a location or goal’] [auxiliary avere or (rarely) essere]
  7. (intransitive) to approach, to draw [with a ‘to a conclusion’] [auxiliary avere or (rarely) essere]
    volgere alla fine/conclusione ― to draw to a close (literally, “to approach to the end/conclusion”)
    il tempo volge' al peggio ― the weather gets worse (literally, “the weather approaches to the worse”)
  8. (intransitive, literary) to pass (of time) [auxiliary avere or (rarely) essere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vòlgere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive vòlgere
auxiliary verb avére, èssere1 gerund volgèndo
present participle volgènte past participle vòlto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present vòlgo vòlgi vòlge volgiàmo volgéte vòlgono
imperfect volgévo volgévi volgéva volgevàmo volgevàte volgévano
past historic vòlsi volgésti vòlse volgémmo volgéste vòlsero
future volgerò volgerài volgerà volgerémo volgeréte volgerànno
conditional volgerèi volgerésti volgerèbbe, volgerébbe volgerémmo volgeréste volgerèbbero, volgerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present vòlga vòlga vòlga volgiàmo volgiàte vòlgano
imperfect volgéssi volgéssi volgésse volgéssimo volgéste volgéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
vòlgi vòlga volgiàmo volgéte vòlgano
negative imperative non vòlgere non vòlga non volgiàmo non volgéte non vòlgano

1Rarely, in an intransitive sense.

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ volgere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

volgēre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of volgō
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