fondear

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Spanish

Etymology

From fondo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fondeˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fon‧de‧ar

Verb

fondear (first-person singular present fondeo, first-person singular preterite fondeé, past participle fondeado)

  1. to sound
  2. to anchor
  3. to check for contraband products
  4. (reflexive, colloquial, El Salvador) to fall asleep
    Synonym: dormir
    Ella se fondeó en el bus.
    She fell asleep on the bus.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fondear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive fondear
gerund fondeando
past participle masculine feminine
singular fondeado fondeada
plural fondeados fondeadas
singular plural
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 fondeo fondeastú
fondeásvos 		fondea fondeamos fondeáis fondean
imperfect fondeaba fondeabas fondeaba fondeábamos fondeabais fondeaban
preterite fondeé fondeaste fondeó fondeamos fondeasteis fondearon
future fondearé fondearás fondeará fondearemos fondearéis fondearán
conditional fondearía fondearías fondearía fondearíamos fondearíais fondearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present fondee fondeestú
fondeésvos2 		fondee fondeemos fondeéis fondeen
imperfect
(ra) 		fondeara fondearas fondeara fondeáramos fondearais fondearan
imperfect
(se) 		fondease fondeases fondease fondeásemos fondeaseis fondeasen
future1 fondeare fondeares fondeare fondeáremos fondeareis fondearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative fondeatú
fondeávos 		fondee fondeemos fondead fondeen
negative no fondees no fondee no fondeemos no fondeéis no fondeen

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

    Selected combined forms of fondear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive fondear
dative fondearme fondearte fondearle, fondearse fondearnos fondearos fondearles, fondearse
accusative fondearme fondearte fondearlo, fondearla, fondearse fondearnos fondearos fondearlos, fondearlas, fondearse
with gerund fondeando
dative fondeándome fondeándote fondeándole, fondeándose fondeándonos fondeándoos fondeándoles, fondeándose
accusative fondeándome fondeándote fondeándolo, fondeándola, fondeándose fondeándonos fondeándoos fondeándolos, fondeándolas, fondeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fondea
dative fondéame fondéate fondéale fondéanos not used fondéales
accusative fondéame fondéate fondéalo, fondéala fondéanos not used fondéalos, fondéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fondeá
dative fondeame fondeate fondeale fondeanos not used fondeales
accusative fondeame fondeate fondealo, fondeala fondeanos not used fondealos, fondealas
with formal second-person singular imperative fondee
dative fondéeme not used fondéele, fondéese fondéenos not used fondéeles
accusative fondéeme not used fondéelo, fondéela, fondéese fondéenos not used fondéelos, fondéelas
with first-person plural imperative fondeemos
dative not used fondeémoste fondeémosle fondeémonos fondeémoos fondeémosles
accusative not used fondeémoste fondeémoslo, fondeémosla fondeémonos fondeémoos fondeémoslos, fondeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fondead
dative fondeadme not used fondeadle fondeadnos fondeaos fondeadles
accusative fondeadme not used fondeadlo, fondeadla fondeadnos fondeaos fondeadlos, fondeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fondeen
dative fondéenme not used fondéenle fondéennos not used fondéenles, fondéense
accusative fondéenme not used fondéenlo, fondéenla fondéennos not used fondéenlos, fondéenlas, fondéense

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