acunar
See also: acuñar
Spanish
Etymology
From cuna (“cradle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akuˈnaɾ/ [a.kuˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧cu‧nar
Verb
acunar (first-person singular present acuno, first-person singular preterite acuné, past participle acunado)
- (transitive) to rock (to move gently back and forth)
Conjugation
Conjugation of acunar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | acunar | ||||||
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gerund | acunando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | acunado | acunada | |||||
plural | acunados | acunadas | |||||
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 | acuno | acunastú acunásvos | acuna | acunamos | acunáis | acunan | |
imperfect | acunaba | acunabas | acunaba | acunábamos | acunabais | acunaban | |
preterite | acuné | acunaste | acunó | acunamos | acunasteis | acunaron | |
future | acunaré | acunarás | acunará | acunaremos | acunaréis | acunarán | |
conditional | acunaría | acunarías | acunaría | acunaríamos | acunaríais | acunarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | acune | acunestú acunésvos2 | acune | acunemos | acunéis | acunen | |
imperfect (ra) | acunara | acunaras | acunara | acunáramos | acunarais | acunaran | |
imperfect (se) | acunase | acunases | acunase | acunásemos | acunaseis | acunasen | |
future1 | acunare | acunares | acunare | acunáremos | acunareis | acunaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | acunatú acunávos | acune | acunemos | acunad | acunen | ||
negative | no acunes | no acune | no acunemos | no acunéis | no acunen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of acunar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive acunar | |||||||
dative | acunarme | acunarte | acunarle, acunarse | acunarnos | acunaros | acunarles, acunarse | |
accusative | acunarme | acunarte | acunarlo, acunarla, acunarse | acunarnos | acunaros | acunarlos, acunarlas, acunarse | |
with gerund acunando | |||||||
dative | acunándome | acunándote | acunándole, acunándose | acunándonos | acunándoos | acunándoles, acunándose | |
accusative | acunándome | acunándote | acunándolo, acunándola, acunándose | acunándonos | acunándoos | acunándolos, acunándolas, acunándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acuna | |||||||
dative | acúname | acúnate | acúnale | acúnanos | not used | acúnales | |
accusative | acúname | acúnate | acúnalo, acúnala | acúnanos | not used | acúnalos, acúnalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acuná | |||||||
dative | acuname | acunate | acunale | acunanos | not used | acunales | |
accusative | acuname | acunate | acunalo, acunala | acunanos | not used | acunalos, acunalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative acune | |||||||
dative | acúneme | not used | acúnele, acúnese | acúnenos | not used | acúneles | |
accusative | acúneme | not used | acúnelo, acúnela, acúnese | acúnenos | not used | acúnelos, acúnelas | |
with first-person plural imperative acunemos | |||||||
dative | not used | acunémoste | acunémosle | acunémonos | acunémoos | acunémosles | |
accusative | not used | acunémoste | acunémoslo, acunémosla | acunémonos | acunémoos | acunémoslos, acunémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative acunad | |||||||
dative | acunadme | not used | acunadle | acunadnos | acunaos | acunadles | |
accusative | acunadme | not used | acunadlo, acunadla | acunadnos | acunaos | acunadlos, acunadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative acunen | |||||||
dative | acúnenme | not used | acúnenle | acúnennos | not used | acúnenles, acúnense | |
accusative | acúnenme | not used | acúnenlo, acúnenla | acúnennos | not used | acúnenlos, acúnenlas, acúnense |
Further reading
- “acunar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014