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volar

to fly

verb boh-LAHR Less Common

Also means

to blow up

Usage Note

Volar is a stem-changing verb (o→ue): vuelo, vuelas, vuela… but volamos, voláis. Beyond literal flight, volar colloquially means to disappear fast — el dinero voló (the money vanished). It can also mean to explode or demolish: volar un edificio (to blow up a building). The expression volar alto (to aim high) is idiomatic.

Examples

"El avión vuela a las diez."

Natural Translation

The plane flies at ten.

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