fondear
Spanish, verb/fondeˈaɾ/
fondear is spelled F-O-N-D-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 71,694th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fondear is a Spanish verb meaning “to sound, fathom (to measure the depth of water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asegurar una embarcación o cualquier otra nave, por medio de anclas que se agarran al fondo de las aguas”.
What does fondear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sound, fathom (to measure the depth of water)
- 2
to anchor
- 3
to inspect for contraband products
- 4
colloquialto fall asleep
Ella se fondeó en el bus.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Asegurar una embarcación o cualquier otra nave, por medio de anclas que se agarran al fondo de las aguas. 2. Caer en un sueño profundo, por fatiga o ebriedad.
verb: 1. Mover, correr la carga de un barco para poder examinar el fondo de él. 2. Examinar el lecho marino o del río por el que se navega. 3. Examinar el cargamento de una embarcación en busca de contrabando. 4. Examinar a fondo a alguien por sus conocimientos, aptitudes o principios.
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 fondear
- fondeo first-person present singular
- fondeé first-person preterite singular
- fondeado participle past
- fondeando gerund
- fondeada feminine participle past
- fondeados masculine participle past
- fondeadas feminine participle past
- fondeas indicative informal present
- fondeás indicative informal present
- fondea indicative present singular
- fondeamos first-person indicative plural
- fondeáis indicative plural present
- fondean indicative plural present
- fondeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fondeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fondeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fondeabais imperfect indicative plural
- fondeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fondear?
- /fondeˈaɾ/
- [fõn̪.d̪eˈaɾ]
- [fõn̪d̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fondear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fondear in Spanish?
fondear appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).