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devolver

to return

verb deh-bohl-BEHR Less Common

Also means

to give back

Usage Note

Devolver is an o→ue stem-changing verb (devuelvo, devuelves) and follows the same irregular pattern as volver. It specifically means to return something to its place or owner (devolver un libro). The reflexive devolverse is used in Latin America to mean to go back somewhere, where Spain uses volver.

Examples

"Tengo que devolver este libro a la biblioteca."

Natural Translation

I have to return this book to the library.

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