afondar
Spanish, verb[afõn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
afondar is spelled A-F-O-N-D-A-R (7 letters). Afondar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sink to the bottom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Echar a fondo”.
What does afondar mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto sink to the bottom
- 2
alternative form of echar a fondo (“to sink a ship”)
- 3
obsoletealternative form of ahondar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Echar a fondo. 2. Ahondar.
verb: 1. Irse a fondo, hundirse.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afondar
- afondo first-person present singular
- afondé first-person preterite singular
- afondado participle past
- afondando gerund
- afondada feminine participle past
- afondados masculine participle past
- afondadas feminine participle past
- afondas indicative informal present
- afondás indicative informal present
- afonda indicative present singular
- afondamos first-person indicative plural
- afondáis indicative plural present
- afondan indicative plural present
- afondaba first-person imperfect indicative
- afondabas imperfect indicative second-person
- afondábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- afondabais imperfect indicative plural
- afondaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afondar?
- [afõn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afondar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.