voluntad

/bolunˈtad/ · A2 · noun · f

will

voluntad = volunt(eer) + -ad (-ity): what a volunteer acts on, their will

From Latin voluntas (will), from velle, to want. Same root as English volunteer and voluntary: a volunteer acts of their own free will. Spanish -tad/-dad matches English -ty, as in libertad = liberty.

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