fondear
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Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fondear (first-person singular present fondeo, first-person singular preterite fondeé, past participle fondeado)
- to sound, fathom (to measure the depth of water)
- (nautical) to anchor
- to inspect for contraband products
- (reflexive, colloquial, El Salvador) to fall asleep
- Synonym: dormir
- Ella se fondeó en el bus.
- She fell asleep on the bus.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of fondear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of fondear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fondear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Categories:
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ-
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *bʰudʰmḗn
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ear
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -ar
- es:Nautical
- Spanish reflexive verbs
- Spanish colloquialisms
- Salvadoran Spanish
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- es:Sleep
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