volvió

Volvió is the third-person singular preterite form of the Spanish verb volver, meaning to return or to come back. It is used for he returned, she returned, or you returned (usted), in reference to a completed past action.

Etymology and classification: volver comes from the Latin volvere (to roll, to turn). In Spanish, volver is a stem-changing -er verb, and its preterite forms are volví, volviste, volvió, volvimos, volvieron. The form volver is irregular in the first-person singular (volví) and in the third-person singular (volvió) relative to a regular -er verb paradigm.

Conjugation snapshot: in the preterite tense, the key forms are volví (I returned), volviste (you returned), volvió (he/she/you formal returned), volvimos (we returned), volvieron (they/you plural returned). The accent marks indicate stress on the appropriate syllables, as in vuelvo in the present and volvió in the past tense.

Usage notes: volver is used to describe a return to a place or state in the past. It can be followed by a to-infinitive with volver a to express repetition or reattempt, as in volvió a llamar (he called again) or volvió a empezar (he started again). The context often makes clear whether the subject is someone returning physically, returning to a situation, or resuming an activity.

See also: volver (verb) for broader forms and related tenses. In English, volvió is commonly translated as “he returned” or “she returned.”