vuelco

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwelko/ [ˈbwel.ko]
• Rhymes: -elko
• Syllabification: vuel‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from volcar.

Noun

vuelco m (plural vuelcos)

1. upset
2. (also figuratively) turnover, turnaround, U-turn
   • 2021 May 4, Carlos E. Cué, “Ayuso arrasa en Madrid”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La izquierda fracasa en su intento de buscar un vuelco con la movilización del voto del sur.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• a vuelco de dado
• dar un vuelco

 

Etymology 2

Verb

vuelco

1. first-person singular present indicative of volcar

Further reading

• “vuelco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28