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Voy a volver a imprimir estos archivos.

Voy a volver a imprimir estos archivos.
I am going to print these files again.
From Lesson 88:Repeating actions (volver a)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Voy a volver a imprimir estos archivos.

Why are there two "a"s so close to each other in "Voy a volver a"?
They belong to two different grammar patterns that happen to be chained together here! The first a belongs to voy a (I am going to). The second a is a required part of the phrase volver a (to do something again). You simply link the formulas: Voy a + volver a + imprimir.
Doesn't "volver" mean "to return"? Why does this sentence translate it as "again"?
You are right that volver on its own means "to return." However, when you use the special formula volver a followed by an infinitive verb (like imprimir), the meaning changes entirely. It becomes the standard Spanish way to say "to do that action again." So, volver a imprimir simply means "to print again."
Why is the word for "these" estos? Shouldn't it be estes to match the singular este?
This is a very common mix-up! The singular masculine word for "this" is indeed este. But its plural form breaks the rules a little bit and becomes estos (not "estes"). Since archivos (files) is masculine and plural, you must use estos archivos.
Does archivos mean physical filing cabinets or computer files?
In modern everyday Spanish, archivos is the standard word for digital computer files, like Word documents, images, or PDFs. Since the speaker is going to imprimir (print) them, they are talking about digital files on a device.

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