volar

/boˈlaɾ/, [boˈlaɾ]

fly, to fly


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

  1. (intransitive) to fly, to fly away
  2. (transitive) to blow up
  3. (transitive) to anger, to exasperate, to infuriate
  4. (transitive) to rouse
  5. (transitive) to make fly out
  6. (transitive) to release (a hunting falcon)
  7. (transitive) to raise to the top of the line (e.g., a letter or number)
  8. (intransitive) to flutter, to hover
  9. (intransitive) to spread like wildfire
  10. (transitive) to disappear suddenly
  11. (transitive) to jut out, to project
  12. (transitive) to sell like hotcakes

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Algunas clases de aves no pueden volar.

    Some kinds of birds can't fly.

  • Salté por la ventana porque quería ver si podía volar.

    I jumped out the window because I wanted to see if I could fly.

  • ¿Estáis listos para volar?

    Are you ready to fly?

  • Voy a volar mi papalote esta tarde.

    I am going to fly my kite this afternoon.

  • El pingüino es un ave que no puede volar.

    A penguin is a bird that cannot fly.

  • Tom sabe volar helicópteros.

    Tom knows how to fly a helicopter.

  • Hemos aprendido a volar como los pájaros y nadar como los peces, pero nos olvidamos de cómo vivir como humanos.

    We learned to fly like birds and swim like fishes, but we forgot how to live like humans.

  • Este pájaro no puede volar.

    This bird cannot fly.

  • Este pájaro puede volar.

    This bird can fly.

  • Odio volar.

    I hate flying.

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