Meaning
to fly
In a sentence
Domani volo a Roma per lavoro.
Tomorrow I’m flying to Rome for work.
Gli uccelli volano nel cielo.
Birds fly in the sky.
Hai mai volato di notte?
Have you ever flown at night?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| volare | infinitive |
| voliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| volo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| volate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| voli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| volano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| volavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| volavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| volavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| volavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| volavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| volava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| volammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| volai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| volaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| volasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| volarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| volò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| voleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| volerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| volerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| volerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| voleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| volerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| voliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| voli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| voliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| voli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| volino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| voli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| volassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| volassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| volaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| volassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| volassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| volasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| voleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| volerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| volereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| voleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| volerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| volerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| voliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| volate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| vola | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| volando | gerund |
| volato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For airplanes, birds, and insects, use volare. For driving fast, correre or andare veloce is usually more natural than volare.
- In compound tenses, volare usually takes essere for literal movement: sono volato/a a Roma. Past participle agrees with the subject.
- With figurative meanings like time passing fast, avere also appears in modern usage: il tempo è/ha volato. Both are heard.