contornear
Spanish
Alternative forms
- contornar
Etymology
From contorno + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontoɾneˈaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪oɾ.neˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tor‧ne‧ar
Verb
contornear (first-person singular present contorneo, first-person singular preterite contorneé, past participle contorneado)
- to contour; outline
- to go round
Conjugation
Conjugation of contornear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | contornear | ||||||
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gerund | contorneando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | contorneado | contorneada | |||||
plural | contorneados | contorneadas | |||||
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 | contorneo | contorneastú contorneásvos | contornea | contorneamos | contorneáis | contornean | |
imperfect | contorneaba | contorneabas | contorneaba | contorneábamos | contorneabais | contorneaban | |
preterite | contorneé | contorneaste | contorneó | contorneamos | contorneasteis | contornearon | |
future | contornearé | contornearás | contorneará | contornearemos | contornearéis | contornearán | |
conditional | contornearía | contornearías | contornearía | contornearíamos | contornearíais | contornearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | contornee | contorneestú contorneésvos2 | contornee | contorneemos | contorneéis | contorneen | |
imperfect (ra) | contorneara | contornearas | contorneara | contorneáramos | contornearais | contornearan | |
imperfect (se) | contornease | contorneases | contornease | contorneásemos | contorneaseis | contorneasen | |
future1 | contorneare | contorneares | contorneare | contorneáremos | contorneareis | contornearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | contorneatú contorneávos | contornee | contorneemos | contornead | contorneen | ||
negative | no contornees | no contornee | no contorneemos | no contorneéis | no contorneen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of contornear
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 contornear | |||||||
dative | contornearme | contornearte | contornearle, contornearse | contornearnos | contornearos | contornearles, contornearse | |
accusative | contornearme | contornearte | contornearlo, contornearla, contornearse | contornearnos | contornearos | contornearlos, contornearlas, contornearse | |
with gerund contorneando | |||||||
dative | contorneándome | contorneándote | contorneándole, contorneándose | contorneándonos | contorneándoos | contorneándoles, contorneándose | |
accusative | contorneándome | contorneándote | contorneándolo, contorneándola, contorneándose | contorneándonos | contorneándoos | contorneándolos, contorneándolas, contorneándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contornea | |||||||
dative | contornéame | contornéate | contornéale | contornéanos | not used | contornéales | |
accusative | contornéame | contornéate | contornéalo, contornéala | contornéanos | not used | contornéalos, contornéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contorneá | |||||||
dative | contorneame | contorneate | contorneale | contorneanos | not used | contorneales | |
accusative | contorneame | contorneate | contornealo, contorneala | contorneanos | not used | contornealos, contornealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative contornee | |||||||
dative | contornéeme | not used | contornéele, contornéese | contornéenos | not used | contornéeles | |
accusative | contornéeme | not used | contornéelo, contornéela, contornéese | contornéenos | not used | contornéelos, contornéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative contorneemos | |||||||
dative | not used | contorneémoste | contorneémosle | contorneémonos | contorneémoos | contorneémosles | |
accusative | not used | contorneémoste | contorneémoslo, contorneémosla | contorneémonos | contorneémoos | contorneémoslos, contorneémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative contornead | |||||||
dative | contorneadme | not used | contorneadle | contorneadnos | contorneaos | contorneadles | |
accusative | contorneadme | not used | contorneadlo, contorneadla | contorneadnos | contorneaos | contorneadlos, contorneadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative contorneen | |||||||
dative | contornéenme | not used | contornéenle | contornéennos | not used | contornéenles, contornéense | |
accusative | contornéenme | not used | contornéenlo, contornéenla | contornéennos | not used | contornéenlos, contornéenlas, contornéense |
Further reading
- “contornear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014