fungir

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fungī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /funˈxiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: fun‧gir

Verb

fungir (first-person singular present funjo, first-person singular preterite fungí, past participle fungido)

  1. (Latin America) to act as, to serve in a position
    • 2016 May 25, “Ingeniero de BC viajará a Canadá para apoyar combate de incendios forestales”, in Frontera.info‎:
      El bajacaliforniano fungirá en esta tarea como un Representante Regional de Recursos de Interagencias (IARR por sus siglas en inglés), con la finalidad de definir el grado de ayuda que Canadá requerirá de México y las regiones en las que colaborarían los combatientes mexicanos.
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Conjugation

    Conjugation of fungir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive fungir
gerund fungiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular fungido fungida
plural fungidos fungidas
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 funjo fungestú
fungísvos 		funge fungimos fungís fungen
imperfect fungía fungías fungía fungíamos fungíais fungían
preterite fungí fungiste fungió fungimos fungisteis fungieron
future fungiré fungirás fungirá fungiremos fungiréis fungirán
conditional fungiría fungirías fungiría fungiríamos fungiríais fungirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present funja funjastú
funjásvos2 		funja funjamos funjáis funjan
imperfect
(ra) 		fungiera fungieras fungiera fungiéramos fungierais fungieran
imperfect
(se) 		fungiese fungieses fungiese fungiésemos fungieseis fungiesen
future1 fungiere fungieres fungiere fungiéremos fungiereis fungieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative fungetú
fungívos 		funja funjamos fungid funjan
negative no funjas no funja no funjamos no funjáis no funjan

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

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