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volandero

Spanish, adjective/bolanˈdeɾo/

volandero is spelled V-O-L-A-N-D-E-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written Spanish, the 289,016th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volandero is a Spanish adjective meaning “fledged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un ave, a punto de echar a volar”.

What does volandero mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    fledged

  2. 2

    loose; free; roaming

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Dicho de un ave, a punto de echar a volar 2. Por extensión, que se mueve fácilmente por impulso del aire 3. Por extensión, dicho de una persona, que se mueve constantemente 4. Por extensión, dicho de un suceso, que no podía preverse ni estimarse

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of volandero

  • volandera feminine
  • volanderos masculine plural
  • volanderas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce volandero?

  • /bolanˈdeɾo/
  • [bo.lãn̪ˈd̪e.ɾo]
  • [bolãn̪ˈd̪eɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is volandero in Spanish?

volandero appears about once in every 69 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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