cundundear
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kundundeˈaɾ/ [kũn̪.d̪ũn̪.d̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cun‧dun‧de‧ar
Verb
cundundear (first-person singular present cundundeo, first-person singular preterite cundundeé, past participle cundundeado) (transitive, colloquial)
- (Honduras, El Salvador) to pamper, to coddle, especially (a child)
- Synonyms: mimar, (dialectal) chinchinear
- (El Salvador) to butter up; to flatter (someone) to win favour
- Synonym: galantear
Conjugation
Conjugation of cundundear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | cundundear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cundundeando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cundundeado | cundundeada | |||||
| plural | cundundeados | cundundeadas | |||||
| 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 | cundundeo | cundundeastú cundundeásvos |
cundundea | cundundeamos | cundundeáis | cundundean | |
| imperfect | cundundeaba | cundundeabas | cundundeaba | cundundeábamos | cundundeabais | cundundeaban | |
| preterite | cundundeé | cundundeaste | cundundeó | cundundeamos | cundundeasteis | cundundearon | |
| future | cundundearé | cundundearás | cundundeará | cundundearemos | cundundearéis | cundundearán | |
| conditional | cundundearía | cundundearías | cundundearía | cundundearíamos | cundundearíais | cundundearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cundundee | cundundeestú cundundeésvos2 |
cundundee | cundundeemos | cundundeéis | cundundeen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
cundundeara | cundundearas | cundundeara | cundundeáramos | cundundearais | cundundearan | |
| imperfect (se) |
cundundease | cundundeases | cundundease | cundundeásemos | cundundeaseis | cundundeasen | |
| future1 | cundundeare | cundundeares | cundundeare | cundundeáremos | cundundeareis | cundundearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | cundundeatú cundundeávos |
cundundee | cundundeemos | cundundead | cundundeen | ||
| negative | no cundundees | no cundundee | no cundundeemos | no cundundeéis | no cundundeen | ||
Selected combined forms of cundundear
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 cundundear | dative | cundundearme | cundundearte | cundundearle, cundundearse | cundundearnos | cundundearos | cundundearles, cundundearse |
| accusative | cundundearme | cundundearte | cundundearlo, cundundearla, cundundearse | cundundearnos | cundundearos | cundundearlos, cundundearlas, cundundearse | |
| with gerund cundundeando | dative | cundundeándome | cundundeándote | cundundeándole, cundundeándose | cundundeándonos | cundundeándoos | cundundeándoles, cundundeándose |
| accusative | cundundeándome | cundundeándote | cundundeándolo, cundundeándola, cundundeándose | cundundeándonos | cundundeándoos | cundundeándolos, cundundeándolas, cundundeándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative cundundea | dative | cundundéame | cundundéate | cundundéale | cundundéanos | not used | cundundéales |
| accusative | cundundéame | cundundéate | cundundéalo, cundundéala | cundundéanos | not used | cundundéalos, cundundéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative cundundeá | dative | cundundeame | cundundeate | cundundeale | cundundeanos | not used | cundundeales |
| accusative | cundundeame | cundundeate | cundundealo, cundundeala | cundundeanos | not used | cundundealos, cundundealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative cundundee | dative | cundundéeme | not used | cundundéele, cundundéese | cundundéenos | not used | cundundéeles |
| accusative | cundundéeme | not used | cundundéelo, cundundéela, cundundéese | cundundéenos | not used | cundundéelos, cundundéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative cundundeemos | dative | not used | cundundeémoste | cundundeémosle | cundundeémonos | cundundeémoos | cundundeémosles |
| accusative | not used | cundundeémoste | cundundeémoslo, cundundeémosla | cundundeémonos | cundundeémoos | cundundeémoslos, cundundeémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative cundundead | dative | cundundeadme | not used | cundundeadle | cundundeadnos | cundundeaos | cundundeadles |
| accusative | cundundeadme | not used | cundundeadlo, cundundeadla | cundundeadnos | cundundeaos | cundundeadlos, cundundeadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative cundundeen | dative | cundundéenme | not used | cundundéenle | cundundéennos | not used | cundundéenles, cundundéense |
| accusative | cundundéenme | not used | cundundéenlo, cundundéenla | cundundéennos | not used | cundundéenlos, cundundéenlas, cundundéense | |
Further reading
- “cundundear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “cundundear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010