voluntar
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English voluntary, French volontaire, Italian voluntà, Spanish voluntario, ultimately from Latin voluntās, from velle, present active infinitive of volō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Paronym to volar and volontario.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vo.lun.ˈtar/, /vɔ.lun.ˈtaɾ/
Verb
voluntar (present tense voluntas, past tense voluntis, future tense voluntos, imperative voluntez, conditional voluntus)
- (transitive) to be willing to; to have no objection to
- Me voluntas facar to.
- I'm willing to do that.
- (intransitive, polite) to be so kind as, be pleased to
- Ka vu voluntas donar a me la salo.
- Would you be so kind as to pass me the salt.
Conjugation
Conjugation of voluntar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | voluntar | voluntir | voluntor | ||||
| tense | voluntas | voluntis | voluntos | ||||
| conditional | voluntus | ||||||
| imperative | voluntez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | voluntanta | voluntinta | voluntonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | voluntante | voluntinte | voluntonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | voluntanto | voluntinto | voluntonto | |||
| plural | voluntanti | voluntinti | voluntonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | voluntata | voluntita | voluntota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | voluntate | voluntite | voluntote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | voluntato | voluntito | voluntoto | |||
| plural | voluntati | voluntiti | voluntoti | ||||
Derived terms
- volunto (“willingness, goodwill”)
- volunta (“voluntary, willingly”)
- voluntala (“voluntary, willingly”)
- voluntanta (“voluntary, willingly”)
- voluntez (“please”)
- volunte (“gladly, readily, willingly”)
Romanian
Noun
voluntar m
- volunteer (one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service)