volátil
See also: volatil
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“to fly”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /voˈla.t͡ʃiw/ [voˈla.t͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vuˈla.til/ [vuˈla.tiɫ]
- Hyphenation: vo‧lá‧til
Adjective
volátil m or f (plural voláteis)
- (physics, chemistry) volatile (evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions)
- unstable (having a strong tendency to change)
- Synonyms: flutuante, inconstante, instável, variável
- Antonyms: constante, estável, fixo, invariável
- (computing, of memory) volatile (whose content is lost when the computer is powered down)
- volatile; temporary; ephemeral
- able to fly
- Synonyms: voador, voante, volante
Synonyms
- (temporary): see Thesaurus:duradouro
Antonyms
- (temporary): see Thesaurus:duradouro
Related terms
- voar
- volatilidade
- volatilização
- volatilizado
- volatilizante
- volatilizar
- volatilizável
- volatizante
- volatizar
Noun
volátil m or f by sense (plural voláteis)
- an animal that can fly
- Synonyms: voador, voante, volante
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin volātilis.
Adjective
volátil (plural volátiles)
- volatile, unstable
- (physics, chemistry) volatile
Derived terms
- volatilidad
Further reading
- “volátil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014