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From Latin involvere (“to involve”), from in (“in, at, on”) + volvō (“to roll”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”).

• (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [ẽ.voʊ̯ˈve(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [ĩ.voʊ̯ˈve(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [ẽ.voʊ̯ˈve(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [ĩ.voʊ̯ˈve(h)]

  • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.vowˈve(ɾ)/ [ẽ.voʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.vowˈve(ɾ)/ [ĩ.voʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [ẽ.voʊ̯ˈve(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [ĩ.voʊ̯ˈve(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.vowˈve(ɻ)/ [ẽ.voʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.vowˈve(ɻ)/ [ĩ.voʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.volˈveɾ/ [ẽ.voɫˈveɾ], /ẽ.vɔlˈveɾ/ [ẽ.vɔɫˈveɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.volˈveɾ/ [ẽ.voɫˈveɾ], /ẽ.vɔlˈveɾ/ [ẽ.vɔɫˈveɾ]

  • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bolˈbeɾ/ [ẽ.boɫˈβeɾ], /ẽ.bɔlˈbeɾ/ [ẽ.bɔɫˈβeɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.volˈve.ɾi/ [ẽ.voɫˈve.ɾi], /ẽ.vɔlˈve.ɾi/ [ẽ.vɔɫˈve.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: en‧vol‧ver

envolver (first-person singular present envolvo, first-person singular preterite envolvi, past participle envolvido, short past participle envolto)

1. to involve (envelop completely)
   Synonyms: cobrir, embrulhar
   Antonym: descobrir
2. to encompass (include within the scope)
   Synonyms: abranger, englobar

• envolta

• envolto

• envoltório

• envoltura

• envolvente

• envolvido

• envolvimento

• volver

• “envolver”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

• “envolver”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Latin involvere.

• IPA(key): /embolˈbeɾ/ [ẽm.bolˈβ̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: en‧vol‧ver

envolver (first-person singular present envuelvo, first-person singular preterite envolví, past participle envuelto)

1. to wrap; to shroud
2. to involve

Selected combined forms of envolver (irregular; o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

| | singular | plural | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | | | | with infinitive envolver | dative | envolverme | envolverte | envolverle, envolverse | envolvernos | envolveros | envolverles, envolverse | | accusative | envolverme | envolverte | envolverlo, envolverla, envolverse | envolvernos | envolveros | envolverlos, envolverlas, envolverse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund envolviendo | dative | envolviéndome | envolviéndote | envolviéndole, envolviéndose | envolviéndonos | envolviéndoos | envolviéndoles, envolviéndose | | accusative | envolviéndome | envolviéndote | envolviéndolo, envolviéndola, envolviéndose | envolviéndonos | envolviéndoos | envolviéndolos, envolviéndolas, envolviéndose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative envuelve | dative | envuélveme | envuélvete | envuélvele | envuélvenos | not used | envuélveles | | accusative | envuélveme | envuélvete | envuélvelo, envuélvela | envuélvenos | not used | envuélvelos, envuélvelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative envolvé | dative | envolveme | envolvete | envolvele | envolvenos | not used | envolveles | | accusative | envolveme | envolvete | envolvelo, envolvela | envolvenos | not used | envolvelos, envolvelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative envuelva | dative | envuélvame | not used | envuélvale, envuélvase | envuélvanos | not used | envuélvales | | accusative | envuélvame | not used | envuélvalo, envuélvala, envuélvase | envuélvanos | not used | envuélvalos, envuélvalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative envolvamos | dative | not used | envolvámoste | envolvámosle | envolvámonos | envolvámoos | envolvámosles | | accusative | not used | envolvámoste | envolvámoslo, envolvámosla | envolvámonos | envolvámoos | envolvámoslos, envolvámoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative envolved | dative | envolvedme | not used | envolvedle | envolvednos | envolveos | envolvedles | | accusative | envolvedme | not used | envolvedlo, envolvedla | envolvednos | envolveos | envolvedlos, envolvedlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative envuelvan | dative | envuélvanme | not used | envuélvanle | envuélvannos | not used | envuélvanles, envuélvanse | | accusative | envuélvanme | not used | envuélvanlo, envuélvanla | envuélvannos | not used | envuélvanlos, envuélvanlas, envuélvanse | |

• desenvolver

• desenvolver

• envolvimiento

• papel de envolver

• envuelto

• volver

• fajar

• “envolver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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