tundir

Middle English

Noun

tundir

1. Alternative form of tinder

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tunˈdiɾ/ [t̪ũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
• 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)

1. to shear

   Synonyms: esquilar, cortar

2. to mow

   Synonym: segar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tundir
gerund			tundiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tundido		tundida
		plural		tundidos		tundidas
		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	tundo	tundestú tundísvos	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	tundastú tundásvos2	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		tundetú tundívos	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

• tijera
• tomento
• tonsura
• tuso

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)

1. to thrash, beat

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tundir
gerund			tundiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tundido		tundida
		plural		tundidos		tundidas
		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	tundo	tundestú tundísvos	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	tundastú tundásvos2	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		tundetú tundívos	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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10