fundar
Spanish, verb/funˈdaɾ/
fundar is spelled F-U-N-D-A-R (6 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fundar is a Spanish verb meaning “to found” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Construir materialmente una población, una escuela, un hospital, etc”.
What does fundar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to found
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Construir materialmente una población, una escuela, un hospital, etc. 2. Fundamentar, disponer o apoyar alguna cosa material sobre otra. 3. Levantar o establecer un mayorazgo, una obra religiosa o una universidad, proveyéndolas con capital y estatutos con el fin de que subsistan y perduren. 4. Instaurar, crear.
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 fundar
- fundo first-person present singular
- fundé first-person preterite singular
- fundado participle past
- fundando gerund
- fundada feminine participle past
- fundados masculine participle past
- fundadas feminine participle past
- fundas indicative informal present
- fundás indicative informal present
- funda indicative present singular
- fundamos first-person indicative plural
- fundáis indicative plural present
- fundan indicative plural present
- fundaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fundabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fundábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fundabais imperfect indicative plural
- fundaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fundar?
- /funˈdaɾ/
- [fũn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fundar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fundar in Spanish?
fundar appears 5.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).