mondar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mundāre (“to clean”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈdaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈdaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈda.ɾi/

Verb

mondar (first-person singular present mondo, first-person singular preterite mondei, past participle mondado)

1. (transitive) to weed
2. (transitive, also figuratively) to prune

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mondar (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	mondar
Personal	mondar	mondares	mondar	mondarmos	mondardes	mondarem
Gerund
	mondando
Past participle
Masculine	mondado			mondados
Feminine	mondada			mondadas
Indicative
Present	mondo	mondas	monda	mondamos	mondais	mondam
Imperfect	mondava	mondavas	mondava	mondávamos	mondáveis	mondavam
Preterite	mondei	mondaste	mondou	mondamos1, mondámos2	mondastes	mondaram
Pluperfect	mondara	mondaras	mondara	mondáramos	mondáreis	mondaram
Future	mondarei	mondarás	mondará	mondaremos	mondareis	mondarão
Conditional	mondaria	mondarias	mondaria	mondaríamos	mondaríeis	mondariam
Subjunctive
Present	monde	mondes	monde	mondemos	mondeis	mondem
Imperfect	mondasse	mondasses	mondasse	mondássemos	mondásseis	mondassem
Future	mondar	mondares	mondar	mondarmos	mondardes	mondarem
Imperative
Affirmative		monda	monde	mondemos	mondai	mondem
Negative (não)		não mondes	não monde	não mondemos	não mondeis	não mondem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• mondadeiro

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mundāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈdaɾ/ [mõn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mon‧dar

Verb

mondar (first-person singular present mondo, first-person singular preterite mondé, past participle mondado)

1. to peel
2. (slang) (reflexive) to crack up

   Me mondé cuando lo vi tan cabreado.

   I cracked up when I saw him so pissed off.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mondar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mondar
gerund			mondando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mondado		mondada
		plural		mondados		mondadas
		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	mondo	mondastú mondásvos	monda	mondamos	mondáis	mondan
	imperfect	mondaba	mondabas	mondaba	mondábamos	mondabais	mondaban
	preterite	mondé	mondaste	mondó	mondamos	mondasteis	mondaron
	future	mondaré	mondarás	mondará	mondaremos	mondaréis	mondarán
	conditional	mondaría	mondarías	mondaría	mondaríamos	mondaríais	mondarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	monde	mondestú mondésvos2	monde	mondemos	mondéis	monden
	imperfect (ra)	mondara	mondaras	mondara	mondáramos	mondarais	mondaran
	imperfect (se)	mondase	mondases	mondase	mondásemos	mondaseis	mondasen
	future1	mondare	mondares	mondare	mondáremos	mondareis	mondaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mondatú mondávos	monde	mondemos	mondad	monden
	negative		no mondes	no monde	no mondemos	no mondéis	no monden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mondar

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 mondar	dative	mondarme	mondarte	mondarle, mondarse	mondarnos	mondaros	mondarles, mondarse
	accusative	mondarme	mondarte	mondarlo, mondarla, mondarse	mondarnos	mondaros	mondarlos, mondarlas, mondarse
with gerund mondando	dative	mondándome	mondándote	mondándole, mondándose	mondándonos	mondándoos	mondándoles, mondándose
	accusative	mondándome	mondándote	mondándolo, mondándola, mondándose	mondándonos	mondándoos	mondándolos, mondándolas, mondándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative monda	dative	móndame	móndate	móndale	móndanos	not used	móndales
	accusative	móndame	móndate	móndalo, móndala	móndanos	not used	móndalos, móndalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mondá	dative	mondame	mondate	mondale	mondanos	not used	mondales
	accusative	mondame	mondate	mondalo, mondala	mondanos	not used	mondalos, mondalas
with formal second-person singular imperative monde	dative	móndeme	not used	móndele, móndese	móndenos	not used	móndeles
	accusative	móndeme	not used	móndelo, móndela, móndese	móndenos	not used	móndelos, móndelas
with first-person plural imperative mondemos	dative	not used	mondémoste	mondémosle	mondémonos	mondémoos	mondémosles
	accusative	not used	mondémoste	mondémoslo, mondémosla	mondémonos	mondémoos	mondémoslos, mondémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mondad	dative	mondadme	not used	mondadle	mondadnos	mondaos	mondadles
	accusative	mondadme	not used	mondadlo, mondadla	mondadnos	mondaos	mondadlos, mondadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative monden	dative	móndenme	not used	móndenle	móndennos	not used	móndenles, móndense
	accusative	móndenme	not used	móndenlo, móndenla	móndennos	not used	móndenlos, móndenlas, móndense

Derived terms

• mondadientes

 

Further reading

• “mondar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10