volar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- (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
Etymology
Inherited from Latin volāre (rush, fly).
Origin
Latin
volāre
Gloss
rush, fly
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *exvolāre Latin
- circumvolāre Latin
- volāre Latin
- volō Latin
- volare Italian
- voler French
- volée French
- circunvolar Spanish, Castilian
- sobrevolar Spanish, Castilian
- voladizo Spanish, Castilian
- pular Portuguese
- voador Portuguese
- voar Portuguese
- volant Middle French
- voar Old Portuguese
- volar Asturian
- volar Old Occitan
- bula Papiamentu
- bua Kabuverdianu
- vulà Neapolitan
- bua Guinea-Bissau Creole
- vulà Tarantino