volátil

See also: volatil

Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“I fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vo.ˈla.t͡ʃiw/
• Hyphenation: vo‧lá‧til

Adjective

volátil m or f (plural voláteis)

1. (physics, chemistry) volatile (evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions)
2. unstable (having a strong tendency to change)
3. (computing, of memory) volatile (whose content is lost when the computer is powered down)
4. volatile; temporary; ephemeral
5. able to fly

Synonyms

• (unstable): flutuante, inconstante, instável, variável
• (temporary): see Thesaurus:duradouro
• (able to fly): voador, voante, volante

Antonyms

• (unstable): constante, estável, fixo, invariável
• (temporary): see Thesaurus:duradouro

Related terms

• voar
• volatilidade
• volatilização
• volatilizado
• volatilizante
• volatilizar
• volatilizável
• volatizante
• volatizar

 

Noun

volátil m or f (plural voláteis)

1. an animal that can fly

Synonyms

• voador, voante, volante

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Spanish

Adjective

1. volatile, unstable
2. (physics, chemistry) volatile