volante
volante
∗volante
adjective
1flying
masculine noun
2(steering) wheel (para conducir)
- estar o ir al volante -> to be at the wheel
3motor racing (automovilismo)
4frill, flounce (de tela)
5(referral) note (del médico) (peninsular Spanish)
6shuttlecock (en bádminton)
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volante [vo-lahn’-tay]
article & present participle
1Flying (que vuela), volant, fluttering, unsettled.
2Applied to the pulsation of the arteries.
3Applied to a kind of meteors.
- Papel volante -> short writing or manuscript easily disseminated: it generally contains some satire or libel
noun
1An ornament of light gauze hanging from a woman’s headdress. (m)
2Shuttle-cock. (m)
3Coining-mill, or that part of it which strikes the die. (m)
4Balance of a watch. (m)
5Fly-wheel, a heavy governing wheel. (Mecahnic) (m)
6Livery servant or foot-boy who runs before his master, or rides behind. (m)
7Lawn tennis. (m)
8Flier, a long narrow sheet of paper. (m)
9(Cuba) (1) V. (m)
VOLANTA. (2) A linen coat.(Mex.) A dress-coat.
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