cundir

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Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*kundjan, “to propagate”), from Proto-Germanic *kundiz (“kind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kunˈdiɾ/
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: cun‧dir

Verb

cundir (first-person singular present cundo, first-person singular preterite cundí, past participle cundido)

(obsolete) to fill (of a liquid)
(colloquial, reflexive, Spain) to do something quickly
to spill
to propagate
to produce something of good quality, yield positive work
to spread
to expand, extend
- 1942, Enrique Gil Gilbert, Nuestro pan, Libresa, →ISBN, page 269:
  Llegaron unos montubios, cetrinos, silenciosos, cundidos de alforjas y sacos y paquetes. Eran todo el pasaje para ese departamento.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			cundir
gerund			cundiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cundido		cundida
		plural		cundidos		cundidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cundo	cundes^{^tú} cundís^{^vos}	cunde	cundimos	cundís	cunden
	imperfect	cundía	cundías	cundía	cundíamos	cundíais	cundían
	preterite	cundí	cundiste	cundió	cundimos	cundisteis	cundieron
	future	cundiré	cundirás	cundirá	cundiremos	cundiréis	cundirán
	conditional	cundiría	cundirías	cundiría	cundiríamos	cundiríais	cundirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cunda	cundas^{^tú} cundás^{^vos²}	cunda	cundamos	cundáis	cundan
	imperfect (ra)	cundiera	cundieras	cundiera	cundiéramos	cundierais	cundieran
	imperfect (se)	cundiese	cundieses	cundiese	cundiésemos	cundieseis	cundiesen
	future¹	cundiere	cundieres	cundiere	cundiéremos	cundiereis	cundieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cunde^{^tú} cundí^{^vos}	cunda	cundamos	cundid	cundan
	negative		no cundas	no cunda	no cundamos	no cundáis	no cundan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

que no cunda el pánico

Further reading

“cundir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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