tundir

tundir

1. Alternative form of tinder

• IPA^(key): /tunˈdiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: tun‧dir

Inherited from Old Spanish tundir, inherited from Latin tondēre (with a change in verb class).

tundir (first-person singular present tundo, first-person singular preterite tundí, past participle tundido)

1. to shear

   Synonyms: esquilar, cortar

2. to mow

   Synonym: segar

Inherited from Latin tundēre (with change of conjugation), from Proto-Italic *tundō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Old Irish do·tuit (“falls, crumbles”), Dutch stoten, German stoßen, English stot, Albanian shtyj (“to push”).

tundir (first-person singular present tundo, first-person singular preterite tundí, past participle tundido)

1. to thrash, beat

• “tundir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28