volar

English

Etymology

From Latin vola.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvoʊlə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Adjective

volar (not comparable)

(anatomy) Pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.

Synonyms

palmoplantar

Hyponyms

Anagrams

orval, roval, valor

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin volāre (“to fly”).

Verb

volar

to fly

Conjugation

Conjugation of volar (first conjugation)

past participle				masculine		feminine
infinitive			volar
gerund			volando
		singular		volau, volato		volada, volata
		plural		volaus, volatos		voladas, volatas
person		singular			plural
person		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	—
imperative		—	vola	—	—	volaz	—

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin volāre (“to fly”).

Verb

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

to fly (to travel through air)

Conjugation

Conjugation of volar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		volar
gerund		volando
past participle		m voláu, f volada, n volao, m pl volaos, f pl volaes
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
subjunctive	imperfect	volare, volara	volares, volaras	volare, volara	voláremos, voláramos	volareis, volarais	volaren, volaran
imperative		—	vuela	—	—	volái	—

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 (Catalonia): (file)
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

(intransitive) to fly
(intransitive, figurative) to vanish
(intransitive) to blow up
(transitive) to blow up; (figurative) to irritate
(pronominal) to get irritated

Conjugation

Conjugation of volar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			volar
gerund			volant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volat		volada
		plural		volats		volades
person		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

Derived terms

Related terms

vol

References

“volar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“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)

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
nominal active participle	plural	volanti	volinti	volonti
adjective passive participle		volata	volita	volota
adverbial passive participle		volate	volite	volote
nominal passive participle	singular	volato	volito	voloto
nominal passive participle	plural	volati	voliti	voloti

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /voˈlar/

Verb

volar

(intransitive) to fly (travel through the air)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *volar*
participle		present	perfect
infinitive		volar
participle		volante	volate

active		simple	perfect
	present	vola	ha volate
	past	volava	habeva volate
	future	volara	habera volate
	conditional	volarea	haberea volate
	imperative	vola	—

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /voˈlar/^[1]
Rhymes: -ar
Hyphenation: vo‧làr

Verb

volar

apocopic form of volare (“to fly”)

References

^ desianza in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan volar, from Latin volāre.

Pronunciation

Audio (Béarn): (file)

Verb

volar

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: (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: vo‧lar

Verb

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

(intransitive) to fly, to fly away
(transitive) to blow up
(transitive) to anger, to exasperate, to infuriate
(transitive) to rouse
(transitive) to make fly out
(transitive) to release (a hunting falcon)
(transitive) to raise to the top of the line (e.g., a letter or number)
(intransitive) to flutter, to hover
(intransitive) to spread like wildfire
(transitive) to disappear suddenly
(transitive) to jut out, to project
(transitive) to sell like hotcakes, fly off the shelves
(intransitive, colloquial, El Salvador) to hasten; to hurry up
Synonym: apresurarse

Volá y trae mis llaves.
Hurry up and bring me my keys.

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			volar
gerund			volando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volado		volada
		plural		volados		voladas
		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	vuelas^{^tú} volás^{^vos}	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	vueles^{^tú} volés^{^vos²}	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		vuela^{^tú} volá^{^vos}	vuele	volemos	volad	vuelen
	negative		no vueles	no vuele	no volemos	no voléis	no vuelen

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

Selected combined forms of volar (o-ue alternation)

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

		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
with infinitive volar	accusative	volarme	volarte	volarlo, volarla, volarse	volarnos	volaros	volarlos, volarlas, volarse

with gerund volando	dative	volándome	volándote	volándole, volándose	volándonos	volándoos	volándoles, volándose
with gerund volando	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
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vuela	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
with informal second-person singular vos imperative volá	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
with formal second-person singular imperative vuele	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
with first-person plural imperative volemos	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
with informal second-person plural imperative volad	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
with formal second-person plural imperative vuelen	accusative	vuélenme	not used	vuélenlo, vuélenla	vuélennos	not used	vuélenlos, vuélenlas, vuélense

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