voluntar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English voluntary, French volontaire, Italian voluntà, Spanish voluntario, ultimately from Latin voluntās, from velle, present active infinitive of volō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Paronym to volar and volontario.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vo.lun.ˈtar/, /vɔ.lun.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

voluntar (present tense voluntas, past tense voluntis, future tense voluntos, imperative voluntez, conditional voluntus)

  1. (transitive) to be willing to; to have no objection to
    Me voluntas facar to.
    I'm willing to do that.
  2. (intransitive, polite) to be so kind as, be pleased to
    Ka vu voluntas donar a me la salo.
    Would you be so kind as to pass me the salt.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • volunto (willingness, goodwill)
  • volunta (voluntary, willingly)
  • voluntala (voluntary, willingly)
  • voluntanta (voluntary, willingly)
  • voluntez (please)
  • volunte (gladly, readily, willingly)

Romanian

Noun

voluntar m

  1. volunteer (one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service)
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