reverter

See also: réverter

English

Etymology

From revert +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

reverter (plural reverters)

  1. One who, or that which, reverts.
  2. (property law) The reversion of ownership of an estate in land to the original grantor pursuant to the occurrence of a condition set forth in the original grant.

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

reverter

  1. to revert (especially on a wiki)

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin revertō.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.veʁˈte(ʁ)/ [he.vehˈte(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.veɾˈte(ɾ)/ [he.veɾˈte(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.veʁˈte(ʁ)/ [χe.veχˈte(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.veɻˈte(ɻ)/ [he.veɻˈte(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.vɨɾˈteɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.bɨɾˈteɾ/ [ʁɨ.βɨɾˈteɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.vɨɾˈte.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: re‧ver‧ter

Verb

reverter (first-person singular present reverto, first-person singular preterite reverti, past participle revertido)

  1. to revert (to turn to the contrary), to return
  2. to revert (to cause to return to a former condition)
  3. to allocate, to allot
  4. to turn (against)
    A situação reverteu contra mim.The situation turned against me.
  5. (Islam) to convert to Islam
    • 2023 May 16, José Alberto Costa Silva, O Islam na Região Nordeste do Brasil: reversões, hibridismos e tensões religiosas na ummah muçulmana sunita em Itabaianinha-SE[1], Editora CRV, →ISBN:
      Nesse sentido, os objetos dessa pesquisa apontam para os seguintes problemas norteadores: quais os fatores que levaram uma comunidade evangélica a reverter ao Islam? []
      In this sense, the objects of this research point to the following guiding problems: what factors led an evangelical community to revert to Islam? []

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