tornear

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese torno

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Portuguese -ear

Portuguese tornear

From torno + -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁ.neˈa(ʁ)/ [toɦ.neˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁ.neˈa(ʁ)/ [toɦ.neˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toɾ.neˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toʁ.neˈa(ʁ)/ [toʁ.neˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /toɻ.neˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈnjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈnjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈnja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: tor‧ne‧ar

Verb

tornear (first-person singular present torneio, first-person singular preterite torneei, past participle torneado)

1. (transitive) to turn (to shape something on a lathe)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tornear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tornear
Personal	tornear	torneares	tornear	tornearmos	torneardes	tornearem
Gerund
	torneando
Past participle
Masculine	torneado			torneados
Feminine	torneada			torneadas
Indicative
Present	torneio	torneias	torneia	torneamos	torneais	torneiam
Imperfect	torneava	torneavas	torneava	torneávamos	torneáveis	torneavam
Preterite	torneei	torneaste	torneou	torneamos1, torneámos2	torneastes	tornearam
Pluperfect	torneara	tornearas	torneara	torneáramos	torneáreis	tornearam
Future	tornearei	tornearás	torneará	tornearemos	torneareis	tornearão
Conditional	tornearia	tornearias	tornearia	tornearíamos	tornearíeis	torneariam
Subjunctive
Present	torneie	torneies	torneie	torneemos	torneeis	torneiem
Imperfect	torneasse	torneasses	torneasse	torneássemos	torneásseis	torneassem
Future	tornear	torneares	tornear	tornearmos	torneardes	tornearem
Imperative
Affirmative		torneia	torneie	torneemos	torneai	torneiem
Negative (não)		não torneies	não torneie	não torneemos	não torneeis	não torneiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• torneador
• torneamento
• torneio

Further reading

• “tornear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tornear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-nos

Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos

Proto-Hellenic *tórnos

Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor.

Latin tornusder.

Spanish torno

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish tornear

From torno + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾneˈaɾ/ [t̪oɾ.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tor‧ne‧ar

Verb

tornear (first-person singular present torneo, first-person singular preterite torneé, past participle torneado)

1. (transitive) to turn (as on a lathe)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tornear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tornear
gerund			torneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		torneado		torneada
		plural		torneados		torneadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	torneo	torneastú torneásvos	tornea	torneamos	torneáis	tornean
	imperfect	torneaba	torneabas	torneaba	torneábamos	torneabais	torneaban
	preterite	torneé	torneaste	torneó	torneamos	torneasteis	tornearon
	future	tornearé	tornearás	torneará	tornearemos	tornearéis	tornearán
	conditional	tornearía	tornearías	tornearía	tornearíamos	tornearíais	tornearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tornee	torneestú torneésvos2	tornee	torneemos	torneéis	torneen
	imperfect (ra)	torneara	tornearas	torneara	torneáramos	tornearais	tornearan
	imperfect (se)	tornease	torneases	tornease	torneásemos	torneaseis	torneasen
	future1	torneare	torneares	torneare	torneáremos	torneareis	tornearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		torneatú torneávos	tornee	torneemos	tornead	torneen
	negative		no tornees	no tornee	no torneemos	no torneéis	no torneen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• torneador

Further reading

• “tornear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025