Epiphany: De vuelta is related to devolver

Question

That's why "De vuelta" means return while "da vuelta" means "turn" (la página) and "dáte vuelta" turn around

De vuelta. Devuelvate. Santo cielos, eso es.

De vuelta a la tierra. Devuelvate a la tierra.

That's so wierd. In my mind, they are connected.

Gracias. Just a weird thought I guess.

Answer 1

De vuelta is just a phrase that means "(Someone) is back":

I'm back: Estoy de vuelta.

She/he's back: Está de vuelta.

They're back: Están de vuelta

And so on.

NOTE: Don't confuse with the participle of "devolver": devuelto/a

Answer 2

Huevos Revueltos.

Spanish speaking people revolve their eggs while English speaking people scramble them. - rabbitwho, Sep 3, 2011

lolol - 001a2987, Sep 3, 2011

Answer 3

It should be "devuélvete", which is common in many parts of Latin America, but not in Spain, where it sounds as "return yourself", so we prefer "vuélvete".

Answer 4

But that's really not all Dakie, is it? I have heard it used as return in many many ways. I am not confusing them, devuelto - de vuelta but it DOES seem to me that there is a correlation

For some reason watching the Crow (El cuervo) and then thinking it today. The crow returned him to Earth. This was stated at the beginning. With De vuelta. And then I though, de vuelta, devolver, devuelto. I often see a correlation with things like that in Spanish but I totally see it here, maybe it's not as concrete as it seems but basing, de vuelta, da vuelta, da la vuelta, dáta vuelta, it totally seems at least related to devolver.

Y a veces, sólo a veces, el cuervo puede traer de vuelta el alma para enmendar el mal";

You're right, back (return) but "devolver" is back, return... see

And sometimes , just sometimes, the crow can bring back (return) the soul to fix the bad (can't translate it into English the way I want to, but I know what it is saying in Spanish - and it sure smells a bit like devolver).