volar
English
Etymology
From Latin vola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvoʊlə(ɹ)/
Adjective
volar (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
Synonyms
- palmoplantar
Hyponyms
- palmar
- plantar
Anagrams
- orval, roval, valor
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin volāre, present active infinitive of volō (“I fly”).
Verb
volar
- to fly
Conjugation
Conjugation of volar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | volar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | volando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | volau, volato | volada, volata | |||||
| plural | volaus, volatos | voladas, volatas | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras | busatros busatras | ellos/els ellas | |
| present | volo | volas | vola | volamos | volaz | volan | |
| imperfect | volaba, volabe | volabas | volaba | volabanos | volabaz | volaban | |
| preterite | volé | volés | voló | volemos | volez | voloron, volón | |
| future | volaré | volarás | volará | volaremos | volarez | volarán | |
| conditional | volaría | volarías | volaría | volaríanos | volaríaz | volarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras | busatros busatras | ellos/els ellas | |
| present | vole | voles | vole | volemos | volez | volen | |
| imperfect | volase | volases | volase | volasenos | volasez | volasen | |
| imperative | — | tú | — | — | busatros busatras | — | |
| — | vola | — | — | volaz | — | ||
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin volāre, present active infinitive of volō (“I fly”).
Verb
volar (first-person singular indicative present vuelo, past participle voláu)
- to fly (to travel through air)
Conjugation
Conjugation of volar
| infinitive | volar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | volando | ||||||
| past participle | m voláu, f volada, n volao, m pl volaos, f pl volaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | vuelo | vueles | vuela | volamos | voláis | vuelen |
| imperfect | volaba | volabes | volaba | volábemos, volábamos | volabeis, volabais | volaben | |
| preterite | volé | volasti, volesti | voló | volemos | volastis, volestis | volaron | |
| pluperfect | volare, volara | volares, volaras | volare, volara | voláremos, voláramos | volareis, volarais | volaren, volaran | |
| future | volaré | volarás | volará | volaremos | volaréis | volarán | |
| conditional | volaría | volaríes | volaría | volaríemos, volaríamos | volaríeis, volaríais | volaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | vuele | vueles, vuelas | vuele | volemos | voléis | vuelen, vuelan |
| imperfect | volare, volara | volares, volaras | volare, volara | voláremos, voláramos | volareis, volarais | volaren, volaran | |
| imperative | — | vuela | — | — | volái | — | |
Related terms
- vuelu
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan volar, from Latin volāre. Compare Occitan volar, French voler, Spanish volar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /voˈla/
- (Central) IPA(key): /buˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /voˈlaɾ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
volar (first-person singular present volo, past participle volat)
- (intransitive) to fly
- (intransitive, figurative) to vanish
- (intransitive) to blow up
- (transitive) to blow up; (figurative) to irritate
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get irritated
Conjugation
Conjugation of volar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | volar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | volant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | volat | volada | |||||
| plural | volats | volades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | volo | voles | vola | volem | voleu | volen | |
| imperfect | volava | volaves | volava | volàvem | volàveu | volaven | |
| future | volaré | volaràs | volarà | volarem | volareu | volaran | |
| preterite | volí | volares | volà | volàrem | volàreu | volaren | |
| conditional | volaria | volaries | volaria | volaríem | volaríeu | volarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | voli | volis | voli | volem | voleu | volin | |
| imperfect | volés | volessis | volés | voléssim | voléssiu | volessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | vola | voli | volem | voleu | volin | ||
Derived terms
- esvoletegar
- punt volat
- volada
- voladís
- voladissa
- volador
- voladura
- volant
- volar el cap
Related terms
- vol
References
- “volar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “volar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “volar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “volar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Ido
Etymology
From French vouloir, Italian volere, ultimately from Latin volō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. From the same root as voluntar.
Verb
volar (present tense volas, past tense volis, future tense volos, imperative volez, conditional volus)
- to have a will (to do something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of volar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | volar | volir | volor | ||||
| tense | volas | volis | volos | ||||
| conditional | volus | ||||||
| imperative | volez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | volanta | volinta | volonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | volante | volinte | volonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | volanto | volinto | volonto | |||
| plural | volanti | volinti | volonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | volata | volita | volota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | volate | volite | volote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | volato | volito | voloto | |||
| plural | volati | voliti | voloti | ||||
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /voˈlar/
Verb
volar
- (intransitive) to fly (travel through the air)
Conjugation
Conjugation of volar
| infinitive | volar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| volante | volate | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | vola | ha volate | |
| past | volava | habeva volate | |
| future | volara | habera volate | |
| conditional | volarea | haberea volate | |
| imperative | vola | ||
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan volar, from Latin volāre, present active infinitive of volō.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
volar
- to fly
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin volāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈlaɾ/ [boˈlaɾ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: vo‧lar
Verb
volar (first-person singular present vuelo, first-person singular preterite volé, past participle volado)
- (intransitive) to fly, to fly away
- (transitive) to blow up
- (transitive) to anger, to exasperate, to infuriate
- (transitive) to rouse
- (transitive) to make fly out
- (transitive) to release (a hunting falcon)
- (transitive) to raise to the top of the line (e.g., a letter or number)
- (intransitive) to flutter, to hover
- (intransitive) to spread like wildfire
- (transitive) to disappear suddenly
- (transitive) to jut out, to project
- (transitive) to sell like hotcakes
Conjugation
Conjugation of volar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | volar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | volando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | volado | volada | |||||
| plural | volados | voladas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | vuelo | vuelastú volásvos | vuela | volamos | voláis | vuelan | |
| imperfect | volaba | volabas | volaba | volábamos | volabais | volaban | |
| preterite | volé | volaste | voló | volamos | volasteis | volaron | |
| future | volaré | volarás | volará | volaremos | volaréis | volarán | |
| conditional | volaría | volarías | volaría | volaríamos | volaríais | volarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | vuele | vuelestú volésvos2 | vuele | volemos | voléis | vuelen | |
| imperfect (ra) | volara | volaras | volara | voláramos | volarais | volaran | |
| imperfect (se) | volase | volases | volase | volásemos | volaseis | volasen | |
| future1 | volare | volares | volare | voláremos | volareis | volaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | vuelatú volávos | vuele | volemos | volad | vuelen | ||
| negative | no vueles | no vuele | no volemos | no voléis | no vuelen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of volar (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 volar | |||||||
| dative | volarme | volarte | volarle, volarse | volarnos | volaros | volarles, volarse | |
| accusative | volarme | volarte | volarlo, volarla, volarse | volarnos | volaros | volarlos, volarlas, volarse | |
| with gerund volando | |||||||
| dative | volándome | volándote | volándole, volándose | volándonos | volándoos | volándoles, volándose | |
| accusative | volándome | volándote | volándolo, volándola, volándose | volándonos | volándoos | volándolos, volándolas, volándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative vuela | |||||||
| dative | vuélame | vuélate | vuélale | vuélanos | not used | vuélales | |
| accusative | vuélame | vuélate | vuélalo, vuélala | vuélanos | not used | vuélalos, vuélalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative volá | |||||||
| dative | volame | volate | volale | volanos | not used | volales | |
| accusative | volame | volate | volalo, volala | volanos | not used | volalos, volalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative vuele | |||||||
| dative | vuéleme | not used | vuélele, vuélese | vuélenos | not used | vuéleles | |
| accusative | vuéleme | not used | vuélelo, vuélela, vuélese | vuélenos | not used | vuélelos, vuélelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative volemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | volémoste | volémosle | volémonos | volémoos | volémosles | |
| accusative | not used | volémoste | volémoslo, volémosla | volémonos | volémoos | volémoslos, volémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative volad | |||||||
| dative | voladme | not used | voladle | voladnos | volaos | voladles | |
| accusative | voladme | not used | voladlo, voladla | voladnos | volaos | voladlos, voladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative vuelen | |||||||
| dative | vuélenme | not used | vuélenle | vuélennos | not used | vuélenles, vuélense | |
| accusative | vuélenme | not used | vuélenlo, vuélenla | vuélennos | not used | vuélenlos, vuélenlas, vuélense | |
Derived terms
- el día que las vacas vuelen
- el tiempo vuela
- escribir a vuela pluma
Related terms
- voladizo
- volado
- volador
- en volandas
- volante
- volantín
- volapié
- volate
- volateo
- volatero
- volátil
- vuelo
Further reading
- “volar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “volar” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.