voluntario
Spanish, noun/bolunˈtaɾjo/
voluntario is spelled V-O-L-U-N-T-A-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voluntario is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “volunteer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que se compromete de forma desinteresada a ayudar a otro y lo hace de forma organizada y en el seno…”.
What does voluntario mean in English?
adjective
- 1
voluntary
noun
- 1
masculinevolunteer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de lo que tiene origen en la voluntad. 2. Que no es obligatorio, sino libre, que se puede hacer o no según la voluntad.
noun: 1. Persona que se compromete de forma desinteresada a ayudar a otro y lo hace de forma organizada y en el seno de una institución o proyecto, asociación o fundación.
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 voluntario
- voluntaria feminine
- voluntarios masculine plural
- voluntarias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voluntario?
- /bolunˈtaɾjo/
- [bo.lũn̪ˈt̪a.ɾjo]
- [bolũn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to voluntario
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voluntario in Spanish?
voluntario appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).