fundar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [funˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [funˈdaɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

fundar (first-person singular present fundo, first-person singular preterite fundí, past participle fundat)(transitive)

1. to found, to establish
2. to base (en on)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fundar (first conjugation)

infinitive			fundar
gerund			fundant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fundat		fundada
		plural		fundats		fundades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fundo	fundes	funda	fundem	fundeu	funden
	imperfect	fundava	fundaves	fundava	fundàvem	fundàveu	fundaven
	future	fundaré	fundaràs	fundarà	fundarem	fundareu	fundaran
	preterite	fundí	fundares	fundà	fundàrem	fundàreu	fundaren
	conditional	fundaria	fundaries	fundaria	fundaríem	fundaríeu	fundarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fundi	fundis	fundi	fundem	fundeu	fundin
	imperfect	fundés	fundessis	fundés	fundéssim	fundéssiu	fundessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	funda	fundi	fundem	fundeu	fundin
	negative (no)	—	no fundis	no fundi	no fundem	no fundeu	no fundin

Related terms

• fundació
• fundador
• fons

Further reading

• “fundar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Icelandic

Noun

fundar

1. indefinite genitive singular of fundur

Interlingua

Verb

fundar

1. to found

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fundar

infinitive		fundar
participle		present	perfect
		fundante	fundate
active		simple	perfect
	present	funda	ha fundate
	past	fundava	habeva fundate
	future	fundara	habera fundate
	conditional	fundarea	haberea fundate
	imperative	funda	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es fundate	ha essite fundate
	past	esseva fundate	habeva essite fundate
	future	essera fundate	habera essite fundate
	conditional	esserea fundate	haberea essite fundate
	imperative	sia fundate	—

Old Norse

Noun

fundar

1. genitive singular indefinite of fundr

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fundar, fũdar, from Latin fundāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũˈda(ʁ)/ [fũˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũˈda(ʁ)/ [fũˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fũˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fũˈda(ʁ)/ [fũˈda(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /fũˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũˈdaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũˈdaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũˈda.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

Verb

fundar (first-person singular present fundo, first-person singular preterite fundei, past participle fundado)

1. to found, establish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fundar (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	fundar
Personal	fundar	fundares	fundar	fundarmos	fundardes	fundarem
Gerund
	fundando
Past participle
Masculine	fundado			fundados
Feminine	fundada			fundadas
Indicative
Present	fundo	fundas	funda	fundamos	fundais	fundam
Imperfect	fundava	fundavas	fundava	fundávamos	fundáveis	fundavam
Preterite	fundei	fundaste	fundou	fundamos1, fundámos2	fundastes	fundaram
Pluperfect	fundara	fundaras	fundara	fundáramos	fundáreis	fundaram
Future	fundarei	fundarás	fundará	fundaremos	fundareis	fundarão
Conditional	fundaria	fundarias	fundaria	fundaríamos	fundaríeis	fundariam
Subjunctive
Present	funde	fundes	funde	fundemos	fundeis	fundem
Imperfect	fundasse	fundasses	fundasse	fundássemos	fundásseis	fundassem
Future	fundar	fundares	fundar	fundarmos	fundardes	fundarem
Imperative
Affirmative		funda	funde	fundemos	fundai	fundem
Negative (não)		não fundes	não funde	não fundemos	não fundeis	não fundem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• fundo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /funˈdaɾ/ [fũn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fun‧dar

Verb

fundar (first-person singular present fundo, first-person singular preterite fundé, past participle fundado)

1. to found

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fundar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fundar
gerund			fundando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fundado		fundada
		plural		fundados		fundadas
		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	fundo	fundastú fundásvos	funda	fundamos	fundáis	fundan
	imperfect	fundaba	fundabas	fundaba	fundábamos	fundabais	fundaban
	preterite	fundé	fundaste	fundó	fundamos	fundasteis	fundaron
	future	fundaré	fundarás	fundará	fundaremos	fundaréis	fundarán
	conditional	fundaría	fundarías	fundaría	fundaríamos	fundaríais	fundarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	funde	fundestú fundésvos2	funde	fundemos	fundéis	funden
	imperfect (ra)	fundara	fundaras	fundara	fundáramos	fundarais	fundaran
	imperfect (se)	fundase	fundases	fundase	fundásemos	fundaseis	fundasen
	future1	fundare	fundares	fundare	fundáremos	fundareis	fundaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fundatú fundávos	funde	fundemos	fundad	funden
	negative		no fundes	no funde	no fundemos	no fundéis	no funden

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

    Selected combined forms of fundar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fundar	dative	fundarme	fundarte	fundarle, fundarse	fundarnos	fundaros	fundarles, fundarse
	accusative	fundarme	fundarte	fundarlo, fundarla, fundarse	fundarnos	fundaros	fundarlos, fundarlas, fundarse
with gerund fundando	dative	fundándome	fundándote	fundándole, fundándose	fundándonos	fundándoos	fundándoles, fundándose
	accusative	fundándome	fundándote	fundándolo, fundándola, fundándose	fundándonos	fundándoos	fundándolos, fundándolas, fundándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative funda	dative	fúndame	fúndate	fúndale	fúndanos	not used	fúndales
	accusative	fúndame	fúndate	fúndalo, fúndala	fúndanos	not used	fúndalos, fúndalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative fundá	dative	fundame	fundate	fundale	fundanos	not used	fundales
	accusative	fundame	fundate	fundalo, fundala	fundanos	not used	fundalos, fundalas
with formal second-person singular imperative funde	dative	fúndeme	not used	fúndele, fúndese	fúndenos	not used	fúndeles
	accusative	fúndeme	not used	fúndelo, fúndela, fúndese	fúndenos	not used	fúndelos, fúndelas
with first-person plural imperative fundemos	dative	not used	fundémoste	fundémosle	fundémonos	fundémoos	fundémosles
	accusative	not used	fundémoste	fundémoslo, fundémosla	fundémonos	fundémoos	fundémoslos, fundémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fundad	dative	fundadme	not used	fundadle	fundadnos	fundaos	fundadles
	accusative	fundadme	not used	fundadlo, fundadla	fundadnos	fundaos	fundadlos, fundadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative funden	dative	fúndenme	not used	fúndenle	fúndennos	not used	fúndenles, fúndense
	accusative	fúndenme	not used	fúndenlo, fúndenla	fúndennos	not used	fúndenlos, fúndenlas, fúndense

Derived terms

• ni Cristo que lo fundó

Related terms

• fondo
• funda
• fundación
• fundador

Further reading

• “fundar”, 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