envoltar

From envolt, past participle of Old Catalan envoldre (corresponding to Latin involūtus, perfect passive participle of involvō, involvere), or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *involtāre, for Latin involūtāre, frequentative of involvere. First attested in the 14th century.^[1] Compare Occitan envoltar, Italian involtare.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əm.bulˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɱ.volˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɱ.volˈtaɾ]

envoltar (first-person singular present envolto, first-person singular preterite envoltí, past participle envoltat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to surround

• envoltant

• envolt
• envolts

• “envoltar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “envoltar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “envoltar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.