fundir

fundir

Galician

Alternative forms

• fondir

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (fondir), from Latin fundō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [funˈdiɾ]

Verb

fundir (first-person singular present fundo, first-person singular preterite fundín, past participle fundido)

1. to smelt
   • 1289, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra. Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:

     os ouriuez non deuen a fondir moeda nihua que seja, saluo sua prata quando lle seyr salagre

     the goldsmiths shall not smelt any coin whatsoever, except of their silver when it results brittle

2. to fuse
3. to sink
4. to spread

   Synonym: cundir

5. to yield

   Synonym: cundir

Conjugation

Conjugation of fundir

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	fundir
personal	fundir	fundires	fundir	fundirmos	fundirdes	fundiren
Gerund
	fundindo
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	fundido			fundidos
feminine	fundida			fundidas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	fundo	fundes	funde	fundimos	fundides	funden
imperfect	fundía	fundías	fundía	fundiamos	fundiades	fundían
preterite	fundín	fundiches	fundiu	fundimos	fundistes	fundiron
pluperfect	fundira	fundiras	fundira	fundiramos	fundirades	fundiran
future	fundirei	fundirás	fundirá	fundiremos	fundiredes	fundirán
conditional	fundiría	fundirías	fundiría	fundiriamos	fundiriades	fundirían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	funda	fundas	funda	fundamos	fundades	fundan
preterite	fundise	fundises	fundise	fundísemos	fundísedes	fundisen
future	fundir	fundires	fundir	fundirmos	fundirdes	fundiren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	funde	funda	fundamos	fundide	fundan
negative	–	fundas	funda	fundamos	fundades	fundan

References

• “fondir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fundir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fundir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fundir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Icelandic

Noun

fundir

1. indefinite nominative plural of fundur

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Old Norse

Noun

fundir

1. nominative plural of fundr

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fundō, from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [fũˈd͡ʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [fũˈd͡ʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fũˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [fũˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũˈdiɾ/

• Hyphenation: fun‧dir

Verb

fundir (first-person singular present fundo, first-person singular preterite fundi, past participle fundido)

1. to smelt
2. to fuse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fundir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fundir
Personal	fundir	fundires	fundir	fundirmos	fundirdes	fundirem
Gerund
	fundindo
Past participle
Masculine	fundido			fundidos
Feminine	fundida			fundidas
Indicative
Present	fundo	fundes	funde	fundimos	fundis	fundem
Imperfect	fundia	fundias	fundia	fundíamos	fundíeis	fundiam
Preterite	fundi	fundiste	fundiu	fundimos	fundistes	fundiram
Pluperfect	fundira	fundiras	fundira	fundíramos	fundíreis	fundiram
Future	fundirei	fundirás	fundirá	fundiremos	fundireis	fundirão
Conditional
	fundiria	fundirias	fundiria	fundiríamos	fundiríeis	fundiriam
Subjunctive
Present	funda	fundas	funda	fundamos	fundais	fundam
Imperfect	fundisse	fundisses	fundisse	fundíssemos	fundísseis	fundissem
Future	fundir	fundires	fundir	fundirmos	fundirdes	fundirem
Imperative
Affirmative		funde	funda	fundamos	fundi	fundam
Negative (não)		não fundas	não funda	não fundamos	não fundais	não fundam

Related terms

• fundição
• fundido
• fundidor
• fusão

 

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundere. Doublet of hundir (“to sink”). Cognate with English found (“to melt”) and fuse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /funˈdiɾ/ [fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fun‧dir

Verb

fundir (first-person singular present fundo, first-person singular preterite fundí, past participle fundido)

1. to smelt, to cast

   fundir estatuas ― to cast statues

2. to melt

   Synonym: derretir

3. to fade, to merge, to fuse
4. (colloquial) to waste

   Synonyms: gastar, despilfarrar

5. (obsolete) to sink

   Synonyms: hundir, sumir

6. (reflexive, Mexico) to burn out (of lightbulbs and similar light-producing devices)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fundir
gerund			fundiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fundido		fundida
		plural		fundidos		fundidas
		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	fundo	fundestú fundísvos	funde	fundimos	fundís	funden
	imperfect	fundía	fundías	fundía	fundíamos	fundíais	fundían
	preterite	fundí	fundiste	fundió	fundimos	fundisteis	fundieron
	future	fundiré	fundirás	fundirá	fundiremos	fundiréis	fundirán
	conditional	fundiría	fundirías	fundiría	fundiríamos	fundiríais	fundirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	funda	fundastú fundásvos2	funda	fundamos	fundáis	fundan
	imperfect (ra)	fundiera	fundieras	fundiera	fundiéramos	fundierais	fundieran
	imperfect (se)	fundiese	fundieses	fundiese	fundiésemos	fundieseis	fundiesen
	future1	fundiere	fundieres	fundiere	fundiéremos	fundiereis	fundieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fundetú fundívos	funda	fundamos	fundid	fundan
	negative		no fundas	no funda	no fundamos	no fundáis	no fundan

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

    Selected combined forms of fundir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fundir
	dative	fundirme	fundirte	fundirle, fundirse	fundirnos	fundiros	fundirles, fundirse
	accusative	fundirme	fundirte	fundirlo, fundirla, fundirse	fundirnos	fundiros	fundirlos, fundirlas, fundirse
with gerund fundiendo
	dative	fundiéndome	fundiéndote	fundiéndole, fundiéndose	fundiéndonos	fundiéndoos	fundiéndoles, fundiéndose
	accusative	fundiéndome	fundiéndote	fundiéndolo, fundiéndola, fundiéndose	fundiéndonos	fundiéndoos	fundiéndolos, fundiéndolas, fundiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative funde
	dative	fúndeme	fúndete	fúndele	fúndenos	not used	fúndeles
	accusative	fúndeme	fúndete	fúndelo, fúndela	fúndenos	not used	fúndelos, fúndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fundí
	dative	fundime	fundite	fundile	fundinos	not used	fundiles
	accusative	fundime	fundite	fundilo, fundila	fundinos	not used	fundilos, fundilas
with formal second-person singular imperative funda
	dative	fúndame	not used	fúndale, fúndase	fúndanos	not used	fúndales
	accusative	fúndame	not used	fúndalo, fúndala, fúndase	fúndanos	not used	fúndalos, fúndalas
with first-person plural imperative fundamos
	dative	not used	fundámoste	fundámosle	fundámonos	fundámoos	fundámosles
	accusative	not used	fundámoste	fundámoslo, fundámosla	fundámonos	fundámoos	fundámoslos, fundámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fundid
	dative	fundidme	not used	fundidle	fundidnos	fundíos	fundidles
	accusative	fundidme	not used	fundidlo, fundidla	fundidnos	fundíos	fundidlos, fundidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fundan
	dative	fúndanme	not used	fúndanle	fúndannos	not used	fúndanles, fúndanse
	accusative	fúndanme	not used	fúndanlo, fúndanla	fúndannos	not used	fúndanlos, fúndanlas, fúndanse

Derived terms

• hierro fundido (“cast iron”)

Related terms

• fundición
• fusión

Further reading

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