[ˈwɛr.toː], [ˈvɛr.to]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *wertō, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
Cognates include Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “to turn”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙 (var^ət), Russian вертеть (vertetʹ, “to rotate”)), Proto-Baltic *wert- (Lithuanian ver̃sti), Persian گرد (gard, “grow; turn”), Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”) (Old English weorþan (“to happen”), English worth), Old Irish dofortad (“to pour out”).
- conjugation-3to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve
“tergum/terga vertere” — be on the run, to escape
“I call them otroverts—from otro, the Spanish word for “other,” and vertere, Latin for “to turn.” Otroverts are people who turn in a different direction: not inward like introverts, not outward like ex”
- conjugation-3to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy
- conjugation-3to be engaged in, be in a place or condition
- conjugation-3to change, alter, transform
- conjugation-3to reverse (transitive)
- conjugation-3to exchange, interchange
- conjugation-3to translate, turn into another language
- conjugation-3to retreat
Formsvertō(canonical) · vertere(infinitive, present) · vertī(active, perfect) · versum(supine) · vertō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · vertis(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · vertit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · vertimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · vertitis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · vertunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · vertēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · vertēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · vertēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · vertēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · vertēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · vertēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · vertam(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · vertēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · vertet(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · vertēmus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)