volear

Spanish

Etymology

Via French volée, from Latin volāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boleˈaɾ/ [bo.leˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vo‧le‧ar

Verb

volear (first-person singular present voleo, first-person singular preterite voleé, past participle voleado)

1. (intransitive) to volley

Conjugation

    Conjugation of volear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			volear
gerund			voleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		voleado		voleada
		plural		voleados		voleadas
		singular			plural
		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	voleo	voleastú voleásvos	volea	voleamos	voleáis	volean
	imperfect	voleaba	voleabas	voleaba	voleábamos	voleabais	voleaban
	preterite	voleé	voleaste	voleó	voleamos	voleasteis	volearon
	future	volearé	volearás	voleará	volearemos	volearéis	volearán
	conditional	volearía	volearías	volearía	volearíamos	volearíais	volearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	volee	voleestú voleésvos2	volee	voleemos	voleéis	voleen
	imperfect (ra)	voleara	volearas	voleara	voleáramos	volearais	volearan
	imperfect (se)	volease	voleases	volease	voleásemos	voleaseis	voleasen
	future1	voleare	voleares	voleare	voleáremos	voleareis	volearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		voleatú voleávos	volee	voleemos	volead	voleen
	negative		no volees	no volee	no voleemos	no voleéis	no voleen

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

    Selected combined forms of volear

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 volear	dative	volearme	volearte	volearle, volearse	volearnos	volearos	volearles, volearse
	accusative	volearme	volearte	volearlo, volearla, volearse	volearnos	volearos	volearlos, volearlas, volearse
with gerund voleando	dative	voleándome	voleándote	voleándole, voleándose	voleándonos	voleándoos	voleándoles, voleándose
	accusative	voleándome	voleándote	voleándolo, voleándola, voleándose	voleándonos	voleándoos	voleándolos, voleándolas, voleándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative volea	dative	voléame	voléate	voléale	voléanos	not used	voléales
	accusative	voléame	voléate	voléalo, voléala	voléanos	not used	voléalos, voléalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative voleá	dative	voleame	voleate	voleale	voleanos	not used	voleales
	accusative	voleame	voleate	volealo, voleala	voleanos	not used	volealos, volealas
with formal second-person singular imperative volee	dative	voléeme	not used	voléele, voléese	voléenos	not used	voléeles
	accusative	voléeme	not used	voléelo, voléela, voléese	voléenos	not used	voléelos, voléelas
with first-person plural imperative voleemos	dative	not used	voleémoste	voleémosle	voleémonos	voleémoos	voleémosles
	accusative	not used	voleémoste	voleémoslo, voleémosla	voleémonos	voleémoos	voleémoslos, voleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative volead	dative	voleadme	not used	voleadle	voleadnos	voleaos	voleadles
	accusative	voleadme	not used	voleadlo, voleadla	voleadnos	voleaos	voleadlos, voleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative voleen	dative	voléenme	not used	voléenle	voléennos	not used	voléenles, voléense
	accusative	voléenme	not used	voléenlo, voléenla	voléennos	not used	voléenlos, voléenlas, voléense

Further reading

• “volear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10