Volado

[soyricogringo]

una amiga de mio me dijo que soy un VOLADO. Punto por punto ella me dijo que todas las mujeres me gustan y soy un volado. no he escuchado este frase....gracias....

[Planet hopper]

Un volado es un loco, también un mujeriego, con ese sentido de 'crazy for girls'
Estás volado por las nenas.

[Jessica]

¿Como se dice "volado" en inglés? Does it have something do do with "flying"?

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by jchen

¿Como se dice "volado" en inglés? Does it have something do do with "flying"?

Literally, it comes from the verb volar = to fly. So volado is flied, the past participle. But in this case it's a slang usage that has another meaning as explained by Planet Hopper.

[Jessica]

oh I understand now

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by jchen

¿Como se dice "volado" en inglés? Does it have something do do with "flying"?

volado (from volar - to fly) = flown

I'm not familiar with the expression ser un volado that PH posted, but note that it is an expression and the literal meaning 'flown' doesn't figure in the English translation of the expression.

[soyricogringo]

Gracias de todo.......Tiene sentido horita.....es que aqui en mexico hay muchos frases . Hay mucho slang

[poli]

In the Caribbean volado (volao) also means rice that's cooked gringo style. This means undercooked by Latin standards with grains that don't stick together.

[Planet hopper]

El sentido que menciona poli se refiere a que el arroz se voltea muy alto para no freirlo mucho. Puede ser arroz volteado? Hacer eso es muy asiatico, y ahora se que tambien americano :-)
Me gusta aprender, gracias poli :-)

Hay un gesto en España que tiene que ver con esto, al menos a mi me da la impresion: cuando quieres decir que alguien esta volado (his/her mind is blown up) you put your index on the temple and spin it.

To blow y volar a veces coinciden, no es siempre to fly

Una volea is a high kick ahead in soccer, also a tennis move (a lift, I think)

[poli]

El arroz volado es el arroz que mantiene su grano individual como arroz
marca Uncle Ben or cualquier arroz converted como el arroz canilla.

[Planet hopper]

Poli,
You mean puffed rice? No, you don't, I think.
The one you are talking about is marketed here as 'arroz entero'

[poli]

No definitely not puffed rice. What Carribeans mean by arroz volado us
rice that clearly maintains is full grain. Rice that is not starchy or gooey. It's esthetically appealing, but it usually doesn't taste as good. Americans usually like rice prepared this way(including paella cooked this way).

As far as I know cooks from other cultures prefer rice to be a bit more starchy.

[Planet hopper]

Arroz entero, definitely. Here it is used in salads and in paellas, too.

Rice for stews and for dessert (with milk and cinammon) would be starchy.

[Elaina]

In my neck of the woods..........

Volado = flirt

[Tomisimo]

Another meaning of volado is the toss of a coin (heads or tails).