volátil

See also: volatil

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈla.t͡ʃiw/ [voˈla.t͡ʃiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vuˈla.til/ [vuˈla.tiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vuˈla.til/ [vuˈla.tiɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈla.til/ [buˈla.tiɫ]

• Hyphenation: vo‧lá‧til

Adjective

volátil m or f (plural voláteis)

1. (physics, chemistry) volatile (evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions)
2. unstable (having a strong tendency to change)

   Synonyms: flutuante, inconstante, instável, variável

   Antonyms: constante, estável, fixo, invariável

3. (computing, of memory) volatile (whose content is lost when the computer is powered down)
4. volatile; temporary; ephemeral
5. able to fly

   Synonyms: voador, voante, volante

Synonyms

• (temporary): see Thesaurus:duradouro

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “temporary”): see Thesaurus:duradouro

Related terms

• voar
• volatilidade
• volatilização
• volatilizado
• volatilizante
• volatilizar
• volatilizável
• volatizante
• volatizar

 

Noun

volátil m or f by sense (plural voláteis)

1. an animal that can fly

   Synonyms: voador, voante, volante

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin volātilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈlatil/ [boˈla.t̪il]
• Rhymes: -atil
• Syllabification: vo‧lá‧til

Adjective

volátil m or f (masculine and feminine plural volátiles)

1. (physics, chemistry) volatile
2. volatile, unstable

   Synonym: inestable

Derived terms

• volatilidad

 

Further reading

• “volátil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014