fundamentar
Spanish, verb/fundamenˈtaɾ/
fundamentar is spelled F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fundamentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to build the basis for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Echar los fundamentos o cimientos de un edificio”.
What does fundamentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to build the basis for
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Echar los fundamentos o cimientos de un edificio. 2. Establecer, asegurar o hacer firme una cosa. 3. Partir de una serie de principios iniciales para elaborar, establecer o crear algo.
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 fundamentar
- fundamento first-person present singular
- fundamenté first-person preterite singular
- fundamentado participle past
- fundamentando gerund
- fundamentada feminine participle past
- fundamentados masculine participle past
- fundamentadas feminine participle past
- fundamentas indicative informal present
- fundamentás indicative informal present
- fundamenta indicative present singular
- fundamentamos first-person indicative plural
- fundamentáis indicative plural present
- fundamentan indicative plural present
- fundamentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fundamentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fundamentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fundamentabais imperfect indicative plural
- fundamentaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fundamentar?
- /fundamenˈtaɾ/
- [fũn̪.d̪a.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [fũn̪d̪amẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fundamentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fundamentar in Spanish?
fundamentar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).