contornear
Spanish, verb/kontoɾneˈaɾ/
contornear is spelled C-O-N-T-O-R-N-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish, the 200,060th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contornear is a Spanish verb meaning “to contour; outline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar vueltas alrededor o en contorno de un paraje o sitio”.
What does contornear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to contour; outline
- 2
to go round
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar vueltas alrededor o en contorno de un paraje o sitio. 2. Tornear. 3. Entornar o cerrar. 4. Perfilar, hacer los contornos o perfiles de una figura.
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 contornear
- contorneo first-person present singular
- contorneé first-person preterite singular
- contorneado participle past
- contorneando gerund
- contorneada feminine participle past
- contorneados masculine participle past
- contorneadas feminine participle past
- contorneas indicative informal present
- contorneás indicative informal present
- contornea indicative present singular
- contorneamos first-person indicative plural
- contorneáis indicative plural present
- contornean indicative plural present
- contorneaba first-person imperfect indicative
- contorneabas imperfect indicative second-person
- contorneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- contorneabais imperfect indicative plural
- contorneaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contornear?
- /kontoɾneˈaɾ/
- [kõn̪.t̪oɾ.neˈaɾ]
- [kõn̪t̪oɾneˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contornear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contornear in Spanish?
contornear appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).