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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“to fly”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
volátil m or f (plural voláteis)
- (physics, chemistry) volatile (evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions)
- unstable (having a strong tendency to change)
- Synonyms: flutuante, inconstante, instável, variável
- Antonyms: constante, estável, fixo, invariável
- (computing, of memory) volatile (whose content is lost when the computer is powered down)
- volatile; temporary; ephemeral
- able to fly
- Synonyms: voador, voante, volante
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Noun
volátil m or f by sense (plural voláteis)
- an animal that can fly
- Synonyms: voador, voante, volante
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin volātilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈlatil/
- Rhymes: -atil
- Syllabification: vo‧lá‧til
Adjective
volátil m or f (masculine and feminine plural volátiles)
- (physics, chemistry) volatile
- volatile, unstable
- Synonym: inestable
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