voluntar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English voluntary, French volontaire, Italian voluntà, Spanish voluntario, ultimately from Latin voluntās, from velle, present active infinitive of volō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Paronym to volar and volontario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vo.lun.ˈtar/, /vɔ.lun.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

voluntar (present tense voluntas, past tense voluntis, future tense voluntos, imperative voluntez, conditional voluntus)

1. (transitive) to be willing to; to have no objection to

   Me voluntas facar to.

   I'm willing to do that.

2. (intransitive, polite) to be so kind as, be pleased to

   Ka vu voluntas donar a me la salo.

   Would you be so kind as to pass me the salt.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of voluntar

		present		past		future
infinitive		voluntar		voluntir		voluntor
tense		voluntas		voluntis		voluntos
conditional		voluntus
imperative		voluntez
adjective active participle		voluntanta		voluntinta		voluntonta
adverbial active participle		voluntante		voluntinte		voluntonte
nominal active participle	singular	voluntanto		voluntinto		voluntonto
	plural	voluntanti		voluntinti		voluntonti
adjective passive participle		voluntata		voluntita		voluntota
adverbial passive participle		voluntate		voluntite		voluntote
nominal passive participle	singular	voluntato		voluntito		voluntoto
	plural	voluntati		voluntiti		voluntoti

Derived terms

• volunto (“willingness, goodwill”)
• volunta (“voluntary, willingly”)
• voluntala (“voluntary, willingly”)

• voluntanta (“voluntary, willingly”)
• voluntez (“please”)
• volunte (“gladly, readily, willingly”)

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Romanian

Noun

voluntar m

1. volunteer (one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service)