What does volante in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word volante in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use volante in Spanish.

The word volante in Spanish means steering wheel, flounce, frill, leaflet, flyer, referral note, referral slip, flying, shuttlecock, stag beetle, crazy driver, mad driver, flying saucer. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word volante

steering wheel

nombre masculino (vehículo: que lo dirige) (vehicle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Para dar la vuelta con el coche tienes que girar el volante.
To make the car change direction you have to turn the steering wheel.

flounce, frill

nombre masculino (ropa: tira fruncida)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La falda del vestido está adornado con un volante.
The skirt of the dress is decorated with a flounce (or: a frill).

leaflet, flyer

nombre masculino (AmL (hoja publicitaria)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dejaron en el parabrisas de mi coche un volante con las ofertas de una tienda de autoservicio.
Somebody left a leaflet (or: flyer) on my windscreen advertising a garage.

referral note, referral slip

nombre masculino (ES (autorización médica)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El médico de cabecera me dio un volante para el traumatólogo porque tengo un problema de huesos.
The head doctor gave me a referral note for the orthopaedic surgeon because I have problems with my bones.

flying

adjetivo (volador)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
No creo en los platillos volantes ni en las teorías extraterrestres.
I don't believe in flying saucers or theories about extraterrestrials.

shuttlecock

nombre masculino (bádminton: pelota)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El volante aterrizó en un árbol y no pudimos recuperarlo.
The shuttlecock landed in a tree and we couldn't get it down.

stag beetle

locución nominal masculina (gran coleóptero)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El ciervo volante macho es el que presenta los cuernos, no la hembra.
The male stag beetle is the one with the horns, not the female.

crazy driver, mad driver

locución nominal con flexión de género (coloquial (conductor temerario)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Lucas es un loco al volante, yo no viajaría con él.

flying saucer

(nave espacial) (UFO)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En 1947 ocurrió el primer caso de avistamiento de un platillo volante.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The first sighting of a flying saucer occurred in 1947.

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