What does voltar para in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word voltar para in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use voltar para in Portuguese.

The word voltar para in Portuguese means voltar para, voltar para assombrá-lo, voltar para casa, voltar para a cama, voltar para trás. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word voltar para

voltar para

verbal expression (time: go back as far as) (tempo: voltar)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)

voltar para assombrá-lo

verbal expression (figurative, informal (cause regret later) (figurado)

(expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".)

voltar para casa

verbal expression (return to your home)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)
Come straight home after school today, young man! Finn's parents were anxious when he failed to come home after going to the pub with his friends.

voltar para a cama

verbal expression (return to bed)

(expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".)
When I saw it was raining outside I decided to go back to bed.

voltar para trás

phrasal verb, intransitive (figurative, informal (make no progress)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
Guilherme sente que sua carreira está voltando para trás.
Gary feels that his career is going backwards.

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