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vuelo

flight

noun BWEH-loh Less Common

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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