voler

See also: vołer

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Verb

voler

1. to want

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈlɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [voˈlə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [voˈleɾ]

• Audio (Central):

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Verb

voler (first-person singular present vull, first-person singular preterite volguí, past participle volgut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to want
2. (transitive) to merit
3. (transitive) to love, to esteem

   Synonyms: estimar, amar

   Et vull ― I love you

Conjugation

    Conjugation of voler (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			voler
gerund			volent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volgut		volguda
		plural		volguts		volgudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vull	vols	vol	volem	voleu	volen
	imperfect	volia	volies	volia	volíem	volíeu	volien
	future	voldré	voldràs	voldrà	voldrem	voldreu	voldran
	preterite	volguí	volgueres	volgué	volguérem	volguéreu	volgueren
	conditional	voldria	voldries	voldria	voldríem	voldríeu	voldrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vulgui	vulguis	vulgui	vulguem	vulgueu	vulguin
	imperfect	volgués	volguessis	volgués	volguéssim	volguéssiu	volguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vulgues	vulgui	vulguem	vulgueu	vulguin
	negative (no)	—	no vulguis	no vulgui	no vulguem	no vulgueu	no vulguin

Derived terms

• malvoler
• voler dir

Related terms

• volició

Noun

voler m (plural volers)

1. willingness
2. desire

Further reading

• “voler” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “voler”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “voler” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “voler” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French voler, from Latin volāre. Displaced Old French rober (Modern French rober has changed in meaning to "to wrap a cigar in a sheet of tobacco").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.le/

• Audio:

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Verb

voler

1. (intransitive) to fly through the air

   ne pas voler haut ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   voler en éclats ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   voler de ses propres ailes ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (falconry, transitive) to pursue flying
3. (intransitive) to scarper, flee
4. (transitive) to steal, rob

   donner c’est donner, reprendre c’est voler ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   maquillé comme une voiture volée ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   voler la vedette ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Qui a volé mon pantalon ? ― Who stole my pants?

Conjugation

Conjugation of voler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	voler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	volant /vɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		volé /vɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vole /vɔl/	voles /vɔl/	vole /vɔl/	volons /vɔ.lɔ̃/	volez /vɔ.le/	volent /vɔl/
	imperfect	volais /vɔ.lɛ/	volais /vɔ.lɛ/	volait /vɔ.lɛ/	volions /vɔ.ljɔ̃/	voliez /vɔ.lje/	volaient /vɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	volai /vɔ.le/	volas /vɔ.la/	vola /vɔ.la/	volâmes /vɔ.lam/	volâtes /vɔ.lat/	volèrent /vɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	volerai /vɔl.ʁe/	voleras /vɔl.ʁa/	volera /vɔl.ʁa/	volerons /vɔl.ʁɔ̃/	volerez /vɔl.ʁe/	voleront /vɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	volerais /vɔl.ʁɛ/	volerais /vɔl.ʁɛ/	volerait /vɔl.ʁɛ/	volerions /vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	voleriez /vɔ.lə.ʁje/	voleraient /vɔl.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	vole /vɔl/	voles /vɔl/	vole /vɔl/	volions /vɔ.ljɔ̃/	voliez /vɔ.lje/	volent /vɔl/
	imperfect2	volasse /vɔ.las/	volasses /vɔ.las/	volât /vɔ.la/	volassions /vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	volassiez /vɔ.la.sje/	volassent /vɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vole /vɔl/	—	volons /vɔ.lɔ̃/	volez /vɔ.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• revoler
• survoler
• vol
• volant
• voleur

Further reading

• “voler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lover

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian volere, French vouloir.

Verb

voler

1. to want

Conjugation

    Conjugation of voler

infinitive		voler
participle		present	perfect
		volente	volite
active		simple	perfect
	present	vole	ha volite
	past	voleva	habeva volite
	future	volera	habera volite
	conditional	volerea	haberea volite
	imperative	vole
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es volite	ha essite volite
	past	esseva volite	habeva essite volite
	future	essera volite	habera essite volite
	conditional	esserea volite	haberea essite volite
	imperative	sia volite

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voˈler/
• Rhymes: -er
• Hyphenation: vo‧lér

Verb

voler (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of volere

Derived terms

• voler bene
• voler dire

Ladin

Verb

voler

1. Alternative form of volei

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French voleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /volɛː/

Noun

voler

1. thief; robber.

   Synonym: chor

Related terms

• vol

Norman

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre (“fly”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Verb

voler

1. (Jersey) to steal
2. (Jersey) to fly
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], pages 542-43:

     Un mouisson dans la main vaut mûx que daeux qui volent.

     A bird in the hand is better than two who fly.

Derived terms

• vol (“theft”)
• voleux (“thief”)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan voler, from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈle/

• Audio:

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Verb

voler

1. to want

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		voler			aver volgut
gerund		volent			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		volgut			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	vòli	vòles	vòl	volèm	volètz	vòlon
	imperfect	voliái	voliás	voliá	voliam	voliatz	volián
	preterite	volguèri	volguères	volguèt	volguèrem	volguèretz	volguèron
	future	voldrai	voldràs	voldrà	voldrem	voldretz	voldràn
	conditional	voldriái	voldriás	voldriá	voldriam	voldriatz	voldrián
	conditional 2nd form1	volguèra	volguèras	volguèra	volgueram	volgueratz	volguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	vòlga	vòlgas	vòlga	volgam	volgatz	vòlgan
	imperfect	volguèsse	volguèsses	volguèsse	volguèssem	volguèssetz	volguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vòlga		volgam	volgatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Noun

voler m (plural volers)

1. willingness
2. desire

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.

Verb

voler

1. to want, to desire
   • c. 1130, Jaufre Rudel, canso:

     Mas so qu'ieu vuelh m'es atahis [...].

     But what I desire is denied to me.

Descendants

• Occitan: voler

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin volō, volāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.ˈle/

Verb

voler

1. to fly

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of the verb voler in Walloon   —   Codjowaedje do viebe voler e walon

infinitive	simple	voler
	compound	aveur + past participle
gerund1	simple	volant
	compound	åyant + past participle
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volé		volêye
		plural		volés		volêyes
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		dji (dj')	ti (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos2	vos	i (il)
(simple tenses)	present	vole	voles	vole	volans	volez	volèt or volnut3
	imperfect	voléve	voléves	voléve	voléns	volîz	volént
	preterite	vola	volas	vola	volîs	volîz	volît
	future	volrè	volrès	volrè	volrans	volroz	volront
	conditional	volreu	volreus	volreut	volréns	volrîz	volrént
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of aveur + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of aveur + past participle
	future perfect	future of aveur + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of aveur + past participle
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos2	ki vos	k' i (il)
(simple tenses)	present	vole	voles	vole	volanxhe	voloxhe	volèxhe or volnuxhe3
	imperfect	volaxhe	volaxhes	volaxhe	volénxhe	volîxhe	volénxhe
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of aveur + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle
imperative		–	ti	–	dji / nos	vos	–
simple		—	vole!	—	volans!	volez!	—
compound		—	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	—	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	—
1 The Walloon gerund is usable only with the preposition tot (Eastern, Southern) or e (Central, Western).
2 The second person plural dji is used in Central and Southern dialects
3 The form -èt/-exhe is used in Eastern and Southern dialects, the form -nut/-nuxhe is used in Central and Western dialects.