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ondear

Portuguese, verb/õ.deˈa(ʁ)/

ondear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to wave (to cause to move back and forth or up and down repeatedly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does ondear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to wave (to cause to move back and forth or up and down repeatedly)

  2. 2

    to wave (to make hair wavy)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of ondear

  • ondeio first-person present singular
  • ondeei first-person preterite singular
  • ondeado participle past
  • ondeares infinitive second-person singular
  • ondearmos first-person infinitive plural
  • ondeardes infinitive plural second-person
  • ondearem infinitive plural third-person
  • ondeando gerund
  • ondeados masculine participle past
  • ondeada feminine participle past
  • ondeadas feminine participle past
  • ondeias indicative present second-person
  • ondeia indicative present singular
  • ondeamos first-person indicative plural
  • ondeais indicative plural present
  • ondeiam indicative plural present
  • ondeava first-person imperfect indicative
  • ondeavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ondear?

  • Brazil /õ.deˈa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [õ.deˈa(h)]
  • /õ.deˈa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ondear

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.