tunar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Etymology 1

From the French phrase roi de Thunes (“King of Tunis”), used to refer to vagabonds. More at Thune on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr.[1]

Verb

tunar (first-person singular present tuno, first-person singular preterite tunei, past participle tunado)

  1. to be idle or lazy
    Synonyms: vadiar, vagabundar, vagabundear
Conjugation
    Conjugation of tunar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal tunar
Personal tunar tunares tunar tunarmos tunardes tunarem
Gerund
tunando
Past participle
Masculine tunado tunados
Feminine tunada tunadas
Indicative
Present tuno tunas tuna tunamos tunais tunam
Imperfect tunava tunavas tunava tunávamos tunáveis tunavam
Preterite tunei tunaste tunou tunamos1, tunámos2 tunastes tunaram
Pluperfect tunara tunaras tunara tunáramos tunáreis tunaram
Future tunarei tunarás tunará tunaremos tunareis tunarão
Conditional tunaria tunarias tunaria tunaríamos tunaríeis tunariam
Subjunctive
Present tune tunes tune tunemos tuneis tunem
Imperfect tunasse tunasses tunasse tunássemos tunásseis tunassem
Future tunar tunares tunar tunarmos tunardes tunarem
Imperative
Affirmative tuna tune tunemos tunai tunem
Negative (não) não tunes não tune não tunemos não tuneis não tunem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Etymology 2

From English to tune (“to adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device”).

Verb

tunar (first-person singular present tuno, first-person singular preterite tunei, past participle tunado)

  1. to tune an automobile; to engage in car tuning
  2. (slang) to improve, to better
    Synonyms: aperfeiçoar, melhorar, turbinar
Conjugation
    Conjugation of tunar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal tunar
Personal tunar tunares tunar tunarmos tunardes tunarem
Gerund
tunando
Past participle
Masculine tunado tunados
Feminine tunada tunadas
Indicative
Present tuno tunas tuna tunamos tunais tunam
Imperfect tunava tunavas tunava tunávamos tunáveis tunavam
Preterite tunei tunaste tunou tunamos1, tunámos2 tunastes tunaram
Pluperfect tunara tunaras tunara tunáramos tunáreis tunaram
Future tunarei tunarás tunará tunaremos tunareis tunarão
Conditional tunaria tunarias tunaria tunaríamos tunaríeis tunariam
Subjunctive
Present tune tunes tune tunemos tuneis tunem
Imperfect tunasse tunasses tunasse tunássemos tunásseis tunassem
Future tunar tunares tunar tunarmos tunardes tunarem
Imperative
Affirmative tuna tune tunemos tunai tunem
Negative (não) não tunes não tune não tunemos não tuneis não tunem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

References

  1. ^ Beauquier, Vocabulaire étymologique des provincialismes usités dans le département du Doubs

Romanian

Etymology

From tun +‎ -ar.

Noun

tunar m (plural tunari)

  1. gunner

Declension

Declension of tunar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tunar tunarul (niște) tunari tunarii
genitive/dative (unui) tunar tunarului (unor) tunari tunarilor
vocative tunarule tunarilor

Spanish

Etymology

From tuno +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈnaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tu‧nar

Verb

tunar (first-person singular present tuno, first-person singular preterite tuné, past participle tunado)

  1. (intransitive) to loaf; to bum around

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tunar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive tunar
gerund tunando
past participle masculine feminine
singular tunado tunada
plural tunados tunadas
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 tuno tunastú
tunásvos 		tuna tunamos tunáis tunan
imperfect tunaba tunabas tunaba tunábamos tunabais tunaban
preterite tuné tunaste tunó tunamos tunasteis tunaron
future tunaré tunarás tunará tunaremos tunaréis tunarán
conditional tunaría tunarías tunaría tunaríamos tunaríais tunarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tune tunestú
tunésvos2 		tune tunemos tunéis tunen
imperfect
(ra) 		tunara tunaras tunara tunáramos tunarais tunaran
imperfect
(se) 		tunase tunases tunase tunásemos tunaseis tunasen
future1 tunare tunares tunare tunáremos tunareis tunaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative tunatú
tunávos 		tune tunemos tunad tunen
negative no tunes no tune no tunemos no tunéis no tunen

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

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