Volto la pagina.

Here volto is a verb form, not the noun face.

In Volto la pagina, volto is the 1st person singular present tense of voltare, so it means I turn.

Italian also has il volto, which means the face, but in this sentence the grammar makes it clear that volto is a verb:

• volto = I turn
• la pagina = the page

So the whole structure is verb + object.

Italian often omits subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending.

The ending -o in volto shows that the subject is I:

• volto = I turn

So:

• Io volto la pagina = correct
• Volto la pagina = also correct, and more natural in many contexts

You would usually add io only for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

It is the present indicative.

So volto is the present-tense form of voltare for io:

• io volto
• tu volti
• lui/lei volta
• noi voltiamo
• voi voltate
• loro voltano

In Italian, the present tense can cover several ideas that English often expresses differently, such as:

• I turn the page
• I am turning the page
• sometimes even a near-future idea depending on context

In Italian, nouns often need an article where English might leave it out.

So la pagina is the natural way to say the page. In many contexts, Italian prefers the article with direct objects:

• Volto la pagina
• Apro il libro
• Chiudo la porta

Saying just Volto pagina is not the normal standard phrasing here.

It is correct, but many learners will also hear girare.

Both can be used:

• Volto la pagina
• Giro la pagina

In everyday speech, girare pagina is very common. It can mean:

• literally to turn the page
• figuratively to move on / start a new chapter

Voltare pagina also exists and can be literal or figurative, but girare pagina is often especially common in modern everyday usage.

The normal order here is:

verb + object

So:

• Volto = verb
• la pagina = direct object

This is a very common and natural Italian sentence pattern.

You could also say Io volto la pagina, but the basic structure is still the same.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

VOL-to la PA-jee-na

A slightly more accurate version:

• volto = VOL-to
• pagina = PA-dgee-na

Notes:

• g before i in pagina sounds like the j in jam
• the stress is on:
  • VOL-to
  • PA-gi-na

So the main stresses are on VOL and PA.

Yes, but context usually makes everything clear.

Volto can also be:

• a noun: il volto = the face
• part of other verb forms in different contexts

But in Volto la pagina, it is clearly a verb, because it is followed by a direct object:

• la pagina

So an Italian speaker immediately understands it as I turn the page.

You can say:

Io volto la pagina.

Adding io gives extra emphasis, for example:

• Io volto la pagina, non tu.
  I turn the page, not you.

Without emphasis, Italian usually prefers:

• Volto la pagina.

The imperative changes depending on who you are speaking to:

• Volta la pagina! = informal singular, to one person you call tu
• Volti la pagina! = formal singular
• Voltate la pagina! = plural, to more than one person

So if you are talking casually to one person, the most common form is:

Volta la pagina!

Yes. If the page has already been mentioned, you can use the direct object pronoun la.

So:

• Volto la pagina. = I turn the page.
• La volto. = I turn it.

Notice that in Italian the object pronoun usually goes before the conjugated verb:

• la volto not
• volto la for this meaning

It can be both, depending on context.

Literally:

• Volto la pagina. = I turn the page.

Figuratively, it can suggest:

• moving on
• starting fresh
• leaving something behind

Italian often uses expressions like girare pagina or voltare pagina figuratively, much like English to turn the page.