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1 volver
vbreturn vbvolver a revert tovolver a contratar reap point[lang name="SpanishTraditionalSort"]volver a llamar, devolver el llamado (LAm) (on phone) call backvolver a nombrar reappoint -
2 volver a las andadas
to fall back into one's old habits————————to go back to one's old tricks -
3 volver a la normalidad
to return to normal* * *(v.) = get back to + normal, return to + normalcy, get (back) into + the swings of thingsEx. Since we can't pay you overtime the way we do the clerks, I'll try to arrange some compensatory time when things get back to normal.Ex. Everybody wants the nation to return to normalcy with peace and order.Ex. It was hard to start with as I got tired easily and had also lost a lot of confidence, but I soon got into the swings of things.* * *(v.) = get back to + normal, return to + normalcy, get (back) into + the swings of thingsEx: Since we can't pay you overtime the way we do the clerks, I'll try to arrange some compensatory time when things get back to normal.
Ex: Everybody wants the nation to return to normalcy with peace and order.Ex: It was hard to start with as I got tired easily and had also lost a lot of confidence, but I soon got into the swings of things. -
4 volver a nacer
to have a lucky escape* * *(v.) = have + a lucky escape, have + a narrow escapeEx. A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra.Ex. I and all friends, thankfully, are safe -- although one or two had narrow escapes.* * *(v.) = have + a lucky escape, have + a narrow escapeEx: A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra.
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5 volver al redil
figurado to return to the fold* * *(v.) = return to + the foldEx. On this increasingly God-fearing globe, only Western Europe looks like the last bastion of secularism -- or are the faithful here too returning to the fold?.* * *(v.) = return to + the foldEx: On this increasingly God-fearing globe, only Western Europe looks like the last bastion of secularism -- or are the faithful here too returning to the fold?.
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6 volver en sí
to regain consciousness, come round* * *(v.) = regain + Posesivo + consciousnessEx. Hundreds of thousands of people died from this inexplicable ailment without ever regaining consciousness.* * *(v.) = regain + Posesivo + consciousnessEx: Hundreds of thousands of people died from this inexplicable ailment without ever regaining consciousness.
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7 volver la vista atrás
to look back* * *(v.) = look backEx. In the long run, electronic uinformation technology will very likely have important effects, but many of the changes will be so gradual as to be unnoticeable to those experiencing them until they look back.* * *(v.) = look backEx: In the long run, electronic uinformation technology will very likely have important effects, but many of the changes will be so gradual as to be unnoticeable to those experiencing them until they look back.
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8 volver loco a Alguien
to drive somebody crazy, drive somebody mad* * *(v.) = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edgeEx. Dell had me jumping through hoops for two and a half days to no avail and ultimately sent a human tech here to fix my system.Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.* * *(v.) = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edgeEx: Dell had me jumping through hoops for two and a half days to no avail and ultimately sent a human tech here to fix my system.
Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years. -
9 volver a alguien a la vida
to revive somebody, bring somebody back to life -
10 volver a la carga
figurado to go on and on about something -
11 volver a las mismas / estar en las mismas
volver a las mismas / estar en las mismasto be back at square oneSpanish-English dictionary > volver a las mismas / estar en las mismas
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12 volver con las manos vacías
figurado to come back empty-handed -
13 volver de vacío
(vehículo) to come back empty 2 (persona) to come back empty-handed -
14 volver del revés
to turn inside out -
15 volver grupas
figurado to turn back, retrace one's steps -
16 volver la cabeza
to look round -
17 volver la cara
to look the other way -
18 volver la espalda a alguien
to turn one's back on somebody -
19 volver la hoja
figurado to change the subject -
20 volver los ojos hacia
to turn one's eyes towards
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