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/funˈdaɾ/

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Translation

to set up, to establish, to found

Word origin

From Latin fundare ('to lay the base of, to found'), from fundus ('bottom, foundation').

Origin
Latin
Root
fundare
English cognates
found, foundation

Grammar

Verb type-ar regular

Conjugation

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yofundofundéfundabafundaréfundaría
fundasfundastefundabasfundarásfundarías
él/ella/ud.fundafundófundabafundaráfundaría
nos.fundamosfundamosfundábamosfundaremosfundaríamos
vos.fundáisfundasteisfundabaisfundaréisfundaríais
ellos/uds.fundanfundaronfundabanfundaránfundarían

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yofundefundarafundase
fundesfundarasfundases
él/ella/ud.fundefundarafundase
nos.fundemosfundáramosfundásemos
vos.fundéisfundaraisfundaseis
ellos/uds.fundenfundaranfundasen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
funda
ud.funde
nosotrosfundemos
vosotrosfundad
uds.funden

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
fundando
Past participle
fundado

Examples

.

They founded the company more than thirty years ago.

fundada .

The city was founded in the sixteenth century.

.

Her theory is founded on years of research.

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