volar Preterite Conjugation
volar — to fly
The preterite of volar is regular: volé, volaste, voló, volamos, volasteis, volaron.
volar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite to talk about a specific flight that happened at a definite time, like a plane trip you took last week or a bird that flew away just now.
Notes on volar in the Preterite
Volar is completely regular in the preterite. Unlike the present tense, there is no 'o' to 'ue' stem change here.
Example Sentences
El avión voló sobre las montañas.
The plane flew over the mountains.
él/ella/usted
Volamos a Madrid el verano pasado.
We flew to Madrid last summer.
nosotros
Las aves volaron hacia el sur.
The birds flew south.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'vueló' instead of 'voló'.
Correct: voló
Why: Learners often try to carry the 'ue' stem change from the present tense into the preterite, but volar is regular in this tense.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: vuelo
Volar has an 'o' to 'ue' stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Imperfect
yo: volaba
The imperfect of volar is regular: volaba, volabas, volaba, volábamos, volabais, volaban.
Future
yo: volaré
The future of volar is regular: volaré, volarás, volará, volaremos, volaréis, volarán.
Conditional
yo: volaría
The conditional of volar is regular: volaría, volarías, volaría, volaríamos, volaríais, volarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: vuele
The present subjunctive of volar features the 'o' to 'ue' stem change, except in nosotros/vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: volara
The imperfect subjunctive of volar is regular: volara, volaras, volara, voláramos, volarais, volaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: vuela
The imperative uses 'vuela' for tú and 'vuele/n' for formal commands, with the 'ue' change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no vueles
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no vueles, no vuele, no volemos, no voléis, no vuelen.