tundir

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Middle English

Noun

tundir

Alternative form of tinder

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

to shear
Synonyms: esquilar, cortar
to mow
Synonym: segar

Conjugation

Conjugation of tundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			tundir
gerund			tundiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tundido		tundida
		plural		tundidos		tundidas
		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	tundo	tundes^{^tú} tundís^{^vos}	tunde	tundimos	tundís	tunden
	imperfect	tundía	tundías	tundía	tundíamos	tundíais	tundían
	preterite	tundí	tundiste	tundió	tundimos	tundisteis	tundieron
	future	tundiré	tundirás	tundirá	tundiremos	tundiréis	tundirán
	conditional	tundiría	tundirías	tundiría	tundiríamos	tundiríais	tundirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tunda	tundas^{^tú} tundás^{^vos²}	tunda	tundamos	tundáis	tundan
	imperfect (ra)	tundiera	tundieras	tundiera	tundiéramos	tundierais	tundieran
	imperfect (se)	tundiese	tundieses	tundiese	tundiésemos	tundieseis	tundiesen
	future¹	tundiere	tundieres	tundiere	tundiéremos	tundiereis	tundieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tunde^{^tú} tundí^{^vos}	tunda	tundamos	tundid	tundan
	negative		no tundas	no tunda	no tundamos	no tundáis	no tundan

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

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Etymology 2

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”).

Verb

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

to thrash, beat

Conjugation

Conjugation of tundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			tundir
gerund			tundiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tundido		tundida
		plural		tundidos		tundidas
		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	tundo	tundes^{^tú} tundís^{^vos}	tunde	tundimos	tundís	tunden
	imperfect	tundía	tundías	tundía	tundíamos	tundíais	tundían
	preterite	tundí	tundiste	tundió	tundimos	tundisteis	tundieron
	future	tundiré	tundirás	tundirá	tundiremos	tundiréis	tundirán
	conditional	tundiría	tundirías	tundiría	tundiríamos	tundiríais	tundirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tunda	tundas^{^tú} tundás^{^vos²}	tunda	tundamos	tundáis	tundan
	imperfect (ra)	tundiera	tundieras	tundiera	tundiéramos	tundierais	tundieran
	imperfect (se)	tundiese	tundieses	tundiese	tundiésemos	tundieseis	tundiesen
	future¹	tundiere	tundieres	tundiere	tundiéremos	tundiereis	tundieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tunde^{^tú} tundí^{^vos}	tunda	tundamos	tundid	tundan
	negative		no tundas	no tunda	no tundamos	no tundáis	no tundan

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

Related terms

tunda

Further reading

“tundir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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