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devolver — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bounce verb To spring back after hitting a surface, or to move up and down repeatedly.
  • puke verb To vomit.
  • refund verb To give back money that someone has paid.
  • render verb To cause something to become a certain way.
  • resend verb To send something a second time, usually because it did not arrive, was not received properly or got no reply.
  • return verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.
  • vomit verb To bring up the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

Senses

devolver is used for these senses in English:

  • bounce (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
  • give back (archaic) To recede; to retreat.
  • hand over (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
  • pay back (figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.
  • puke (colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
  • refund (transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
  • render (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
  • resend (transitive) To send back.

bounce — full definition

  1. verb To spring back after hitting a surface, or to move up and down repeatedly.
  2. verb Of a cheque or payment: to be rejected by a bank because there isn't enough money in the account.
  3. verb To try an idea out on someone to get their reaction.
  4. noun A rebound, or the quality of springing back easily.

puke — full definition

  1. verb To vomit.
  2. noun Vomit.

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