revolar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin revolāre. By surface analysis, re- +‎ volar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reboˈlaɾ/ [re.β̞oˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧vo‧lar

Verb

revolar (first-person singular present revuelo, first-person singular preterite revolé, past participle revolado)

1. to fly again, to refly
2. to twirl, to spin (in the air)
3. to flee

Conjugation

    Conjugation of revolar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			revolar
gerund			revolando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		revolado		revolada
		plural		revolados		revoladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	revuelo	revuelastú revolásvos	revuela	revolamos	revoláis	revuelan
	imperfect	revolaba	revolabas	revolaba	revolábamos	revolabais	revolaban
	preterite	revolé	revolaste	revoló	revolamos	revolasteis	revolaron
	future	revolaré	revolarás	revolará	revolaremos	revolaréis	revolarán
	conditional	revolaría	revolarías	revolaría	revolaríamos	revolaríais	revolarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	revuele	revuelestú revolésvos2	revuele	revolemos	revoléis	revuelen
	imperfect (ra)	revolara	revolaras	revolara	revoláramos	revolarais	revolaran
	imperfect (se)	revolase	revolases	revolase	revolásemos	revolaseis	revolasen
	future1	revolare	revolares	revolare	revoláremos	revolareis	revolaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		revuelatú revolávos	revuele	revolemos	revolad	revuelen
	negative		no revueles	no revuele	no revolemos	no revoléis	no revuelen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “revolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16