volada

Asturian

Participle

volada f sg

1. feminine singular of voláu

Catalan

Etymology

From volar +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [buˈla.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [voˈla.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [voˈla.ða]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [boˈla.ða]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

volada f (plural volades)

1. flight
2. (collective) flight, flock

   una volada de coloms ― a flock of pigeons

3. (architecture) projecting element, cantilever

Participle

volada f sg

1. feminine singular of volat

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈlada/ [boˈla.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: vo‧la‧da

Noun

volada f (plural voladas)

1. short flight
2. (Peru, historical) news that spread as rumours in order to not be censored by the military government of 1968–1980
   • 2013 February 5, Jorge Marín, ARKIV‎^[1]:

     Hay ‘la volada’ de que no va a haber leche.

     The news are flying around that there won't be milk.

Adjective

volada f sg

1. feminine singular of volado

Participle

volada f sg

1. feminine singular of volado

Derived terms

• a la volada
• de volada

Further reading

• “volada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “volada”, 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