en volandas

Question

Again, this is from La sombra del viento. (The Keeper of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books is not very happy to have been awakened in the wee hours of the morning.)

Spanish version: --Otro día me avisa y enciendo la calefacción central para recibirle en volandas, capullito de alelí.

English version: "Well, next time pray send advance notice of your call, and I'll turn on the fancy central heating system to welcome you, little rosebud."

As you can see, the English translation is pretty loose, so what does en volandas actually mean'

Answer 1

Thank you, Vernic. (I have realized, too late, that if I had put in "volandas" rather than "volando" or "volanda", I would have found this on RAE and wordreference both.)

Again, thanks everyone!

Vernic said:

This is from RAE: volandas.

en ~.

1. Por el aire o levantado del suelo y como que va volando.

2. coloq. Rápidamente, en un instante.

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I think that any part of a woman's dress where parts of the clothes "fly" because of the air or something else, are called "volantes" as less in México.

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Answer 2

This is from RAE:

volandas.
en ~.

1. Por el aire o levantado del suelo y como que va volando.

2. coloq. Rápidamente, en un instante.

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[url=http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta'TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=volandas]http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta'TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=volandas[/url]

I think that any part of a woman's dress where parts of the clothes "fly" because of the air or something else, are called "volantes" as less in México.

Answer 3

I was reading it specifically because it's a book (available in my local library) that is written in Spanish (as opposed to translated to Spanish), in order to get a better "feel" for the language. So yes it is often over my head, and the English version is often translated in a rather awkward manner. Sorry about all the questions, but volandas wasn't in the dictionary and while I suspected "volar" as the root, I couldn't guess the meaning.

lazarus1907 said:

You are reading a text that would be too difficult for most Spanish speakers. What do you expect'"Volandas" refers to any part of a woman's dress where parts of the clothes "fly" because of the air or something else.

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Answer 4

You are reading a text that would be too difficult for most Spanish speakers. What do you expect?

"Volandas" refers to any part of a woman's dress where parts of the clothes "fly" because of the air or something else.

Answer 5

The meaning of en volandas is "in the air" or "like lightning". I suppose it can mean here, as quickly as possible.