volar

English

Etymology

From Latin vola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoʊlə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

volar (not comparable)

1. (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 (“to fly”).

Verb

volar

1. to fly

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	vusatros vusatras	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	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	vole	voles	vole	volemos	volez	volen
	imperfect	volase	volases	volase	volasenos	volasez	volasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	vola	—	—	volaz	—

Conjugation of volar (first conjugation)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin volāre (“to fly”).

Verb

volar (first-person singular indicative present vuelo, past participle voláu)

1. to fly (to travel through air)

Conjugation

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	—

Conjugation of volar

Related terms

• vuelu

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan volar, from Latin volāre. Compare Occitan volar, French voler, Spanish volar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [voˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [voˈlaɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

volar (first-person singular present volo, first-person singular preterite volí, past participle volat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (intransitive) to fly
2. (intransitive, figurative) to vanish
3. (intransitive) to blow up
4. (transitive) to blow up; (figurative) to irritate
5. (pronominal) to get irritated

Conjugation

infinitive			volar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	vola	voli	volem	voleu	volin
	negative (no)	—	no volis	no voli	no volem	no voleu	no volin

    Conjugation of volar (first conjugation)

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, 2025
• “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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voˈlar/

Verb

volar (present tense volas, past tense volis, future tense volos, imperative volez, conditional volus)

1. 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

1. (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.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

volar

1. to fly

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin volāre. Compare Galician and Portuguese voar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈlaɾ/ [boˈlaɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vo‧lar

Verb

volar (first-person singular present vuelo, first-person singular preterite volé, past participle volado)

1. (intransitive) to fly, to fly away
2. (transitive) to blow up
3. (transitive) to anger, to exasperate, to infuriate
4. (transitive) to rouse
5. (transitive) to make fly out
6. (transitive) to release (a hunting falcon)
7. (transitive) to raise to the top of the line (e.g., a letter or number)
8. (intransitive) to flutter, to hover
9. (intransitive) to spread like wildfire
10. (transitive) to disappear suddenly
11. (transitive) to jut out, to project
12. (transitive) to sell like hotcakes, fly off the shelves
13. (intransitive, colloquial, El Salvador) to hasten; to hurry up

    Synonym: apresurarse

    Volá y trae mis llaves.

    Hurry up and bring me my keys.

Conjugation

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

    Conjugation of volar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

		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

    Selected combined forms of volar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

Derived terms

• el día que las vacas vuelen
• el tiempo vuela
• escribir a vuela pluma
• volar al cielo
• volar con pólvora
• volar la mina
• volar por los aires
• volar riata
• volar verga
• vuelacerca

Related terms

• en volandas
• voladizo
• volado
• volador
• volante
• volantín
• volapié
• volate
• volateo
• volatero
• volátil
• vuelo

Further reading

• “volar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “volar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010