Usage Note
Vuelo refers to air travel (perder el vuelo) but also figuratively to scope or ambition (ideas de mucho vuelo). The phrase a vuelo de pájaro means 'as the crow flies.' The verb is volar (to fly); note the stem-change: vuelo, vuelas, vuela...
Examples
"El vuelo a Madrid dura dos horas."
Natural Translation
The flight to Madrid takes two hours.
Literal Translation
The flight to Madrid lasts two hours

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