voluble
Spanish, adjective/boˈluble/
voluble is spelled V-O-L-U-B-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voluble is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “voluble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que vuelve fácilmente; que da vueltas”.
What does voluble mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinevoluble
- 2
femininemasculinefickle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que vuelve fácilmente; que da vueltas. 2. De carácter cambiante, inconstante. 3. Se llama así a los tallos de las plantas que crecen formando espirales alrededor de otros objetos o plantas.
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 voluble
- volubles feminine masculine plural
- volubilísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voluble?
- /boˈluble/
- [boˈlu.β̞le]
- [boˈluβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to voluble
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voluble in Spanish?
voluble appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).