sondear

Asturian

Verb

sondear

  1. to sound

Spanish

Etymology

From sonda +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sondeˈaɾ/ [sõn̪.d̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: son‧de‧ar

Verb

sondear (first-person singular present sondeo, first-person singular preterite sondeé, past participle sondeado)

  1. to sound, to probe (test with a probe)
  2. to plumb, to fathom (to measure something's depth)
  3. to sound out (to figure out someone's intent, mood, opinion or preference usually indirectly)
  4. to canvass (conduct a survey)
  5. (figuratively) to plumb, to explore (e.g. the depths of)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sondear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive sondear
gerund sondeando
past participle masculine feminine
singular sondeado sondeada
plural sondeados sondeadas
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 sondeo sondeastú
sondeásvos 		sondea sondeamos sondeáis sondean
imperfect sondeaba sondeabas sondeaba sondeábamos sondeabais sondeaban
preterite sondeé sondeaste sondeó sondeamos sondeasteis sondearon
future sondearé sondearás sondeará sondearemos sondearéis sondearán
conditional sondearía sondearías sondearía sondearíamos sondearíais sondearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sondee sondeestú
sondeésvos2 		sondee sondeemos sondeéis sondeen
imperfect
(ra) 		sondeara sondearas sondeara sondeáramos sondearais sondearan
imperfect
(se) 		sondease sondeases sondease sondeásemos sondeaseis sondeasen
future1 sondeare sondeares sondeare sondeáremos sondeareis sondearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative sondeatú
sondeávos 		sondee sondeemos sondead sondeen
negative no sondees no sondee no sondeemos no sondeéis no sondeen

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

    Selected combined forms of sondear

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 sondear dative sondearme sondearte sondearle, sondearse sondearnos sondearos sondearles, sondearse
accusative sondearme sondearte sondearlo, sondearla, sondearse sondearnos sondearos sondearlos, sondearlas, sondearse
with gerund sondeando dative sondeándome sondeándote sondeándole, sondeándose sondeándonos sondeándoos sondeándoles, sondeándose
accusative sondeándome sondeándote sondeándolo, sondeándola, sondeándose sondeándonos sondeándoos sondeándolos, sondeándolas, sondeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sondea dative sondéame sondéate sondéale sondéanos not used sondéales
accusative sondéame sondéate sondéalo, sondéala sondéanos not used sondéalos, sondéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sondeá dative sondeame sondeate sondeale sondeanos not used sondeales
accusative sondeame sondeate sondealo, sondeala sondeanos not used sondealos, sondealas
with formal second-person singular imperative sondee dative sondéeme not used sondéele, sondéese sondéenos not used sondéeles
accusative sondéeme not used sondéelo, sondéela, sondéese sondéenos not used sondéelos, sondéelas
with first-person plural imperative sondeemos dative not used sondeémoste sondeémosle sondeémonos sondeémoos sondeémosles
accusative not used sondeémoste sondeémoslo, sondeémosla sondeémonos sondeémoos sondeémoslos, sondeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sondead dative sondeadme not used sondeadle sondeadnos sondeaos sondeadles
accusative sondeadme not used sondeadlo, sondeadla sondeadnos sondeaos sondeadlos, sondeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sondeen dative sondéenme not used sondéenle sondéennos not used sondéenles, sondéense
accusative sondéenme not used sondéenlo, sondéenla sondéennos not used sondéenlos, sondéenlas, sondéense

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