voler
See also: vołer
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin velle.
Verb
voler
- to want
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan voler, from Vulgar Latin *volēre, present active infinitive of *voleō, from Classical Latin volō, velle, from Proto-Italic *welō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /voˈlə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /buˈlɛ/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /voˈleɾ/
- (Central)
Audio (file)
Verb
voler (first-person singular present vull, past participle volgut)
- to want
- to merit
Conjugation
Conjugation of voler (second conjugation with velar infix)
| infinitive | voler | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | volent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | volgut | volgut | |||||
| plural | volguts | volgudes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | vull | vols | vol | volem | voleu | volen | |
| imperfect | volia | volies | volia | volíem | volíeu | volien | |
| future | voldré | voldràs | voldrà | voldrem | voldreu | voldran | |
| preterite | volguí | volgueres | volgué | volguérem | volguéreu | volgueren | |
| conditional | voldria | voldries | voldria | voldríem | voldríeu | voldrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | vulgui | vulguis | vulgui | vulguem | vulgueu | vulguin | |
| imperfect | volgués | volguessis | volgués | volguéssim | volguéssiu | volguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | vulgues | vulgui | vulguem | vulgueu | vulguin | ||
Derived terms
- voler dir
Related terms
- volició
Noun
voler m (plural volers)
- willingness
- desire
Further reading
- “voler” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “voler”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “voler” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “voler” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin volāre, present active infinitive of volō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔ.le/
audio (file)
Verb
voler
- (intransitive) to fly (through the air)
- (transitive) to fly (an aircraft)
- (falconry, transitive) to pursue flying
- (intransitive) to scarper, flee
- (transitive) to steal, rob
- Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?
- Which guy stole my pants?
Conjugation
Conjugation of voler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | voler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | volant /vɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | volé /vɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | vole /vɔl/ | voles /vɔl/ | vole /vɔl/ | volons /vɔ.lɔ̃/ | volez /vɔ.le/ | volent /vɔl/ |
| imperfect | volais /vɔ.lɛ/ | volais /vɔ.lɛ/ | volait /vɔ.lɛ/ | volions /vɔ.ljɔ̃/ | voliez /vɔ.lje/ | volaient /vɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | volai /vɔ.le/ | volas /vɔ.la/ | vola /vɔ.la/ | volâmes /vɔ.lam/ | volâtes /vɔ.lat/ | volèrent /vɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | volerai /vɔl.ʁe/ | voleras /vɔl.ʁa/ | volera /vɔl.ʁa/ | volerons /vɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | volerez /vɔl.ʁe/ | voleront /vɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | volerais /vɔl.ʁɛ/ | volerais /vɔl.ʁɛ/ | volerait /vɔl.ʁɛ/ | volerions /vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | voleriez /vɔ.lə.ʁje/ | voleraient /vɔl.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | vole /vɔl/ | voles /vɔl/ | vole /vɔl/ | volions /vɔ.ljɔ̃/ | voliez /vɔ.lje/ | volent /vɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | volasse /vɔ.las/ | volasses /vɔ.las/ | volât /vɔ.la/ | volassions /vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ | volassiez /vɔ.la.sje/ | volassent /vɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vole /vɔl/ | — | volons /vɔ.lɔ̃/ | volez /vɔ.le/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- donner c'est donner, reprendre c'est voler
- maquillé comme une voiture volée
- ne pas voler haut
- objet volant non identifié
- poisson volant
- qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf
- revoler
- survoler
- vol
- voler de ses propres ailes
- voler en éclats
- voler la vedette
- voleur
Further reading
- “voler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- lover
Interlingua
Etymology
From Italian volere, French vouloir.
Verb
voler
- to want
Conjugation
Conjugation of voler
| infinitive | voler | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| volente | volite | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | vole | ha volite | |
| past | voleva | habeva volite | |
| future | volera | habera volite | |
| conditional | volerea | haberea volite | |
| imperative | vole | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es volite | ha essite volite | |
| past | esseva volite | habeva essite volite | |
| future | essera volite | habera essite volite | |
| conditional | esserea volite | haberea essite volite | |
| imperative | sia volite | ||
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /voˈler/
- Rhymes: -er
- Hyphenation: vo‧lér
Verb
voler (apocopated)
- Apocopic form of volere
Derived terms
- voler bene
- voler dire
Ladin
Verb
voler
- Alternative form of volei
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French voleur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /volɛː/
Noun
voler
- thief; robber.
- Synonym: chor
Related terms
- vol
Norman
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre (“fly”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb
voler
- (Jersey) to steal
- (Jersey) to fly
Derived terms
- vol (“theft”)
- voleux (“thief”)
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan voler, form Vulgar Latin *volēre, present active infinitive of *voleō, from Classical Latin volō, velle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buˈle/
Audio (file)
Verb
voler
- to want
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | voler | aver volgut | |||||
| gerund | volent | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | volgut | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | vòli | vòles | vòl | volèm | volètz | vòlon | |
| imperfect | voliái | voliás | voliá | voliam | voliatz | volián | |
| preterite | volguèri | volguères | volguèt | volguèrem | volguèretz | volguèron | |
| future | voldrai | voldràs | voldrà | voldrem | voldretz | voldràn | |
| conditional | voldriái | voldriás | voldriá | voldriam | voldriatz | voldrián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | volguèra | volguèras | volguèra | volgueram | volgueratz | volguèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | vòlga | vòlgas | vòlga | volgam | volgatz | vòlgan | |
| imperfect | volguèsse | volguèsses | volguèsse | volguèssem | volguèssetz | volguèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| vòlga | volgam | volgatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Noun
voler m (plural volers)
- willingness
- desire
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *volēre, variant of Latin volō, velle.
Verb
voler
- to want, to desire
- c. 1130, Jaufre Rudel, canso:
- Mas so qu'ieu vuelh m'es atahis [...].
- But what I desire is denied to me.
- Mas so qu'ieu vuelh m'es atahis [...].
- c. 1130, Jaufre Rudel, canso:
Descendants
- Occitan: voler
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔ.ˈle/
Verb
voler
- to fly
Conjugation
— 
— Conjugation of the verb voler in Walloon — Codjowaedje do viebe voler e walon| infinitive | voler | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | volant | ||||||
| auxiliary | aveur | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | volé | voleye | |||||
| plural | volés | voleyes | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | dji (dj') | tu (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos | vos | i (il) | |
| present | vole | voles | vole | volans | volez | volnut or volèt | |
| imperfect | voleve | voleves | voleve | voleins | voliez | voleint | |
| preterit | vola | volas | vola | voleins | voliez | voleint | |
| future | volrai | volrais | volrai | volrans | volroz | volront | |
| conditional | volreu | volreus | volreut | volreins | volriez | volreint | |
| subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos | ki vos | k' i (il) | |
| present | vole | voles | vole | volanxhe | volexhe | volnuxhe or volèxhe | |
| present | volaxhe | volaxhes | volaxhe | voleinxhe | voliexhe | voleinxhe | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | dji / nos | vos | — | |
| affirmative | vole | volans | volez | ||||