tunelar

Catalan

Etymology

From túnel +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tu.nəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tu.neˈlaɾ]

Verb

tunelar (first-person singular present tunelo, first-person singular preterite tunelí, past participle tunelat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to tunnel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tunelar (first conjugation)

infinitive			tunelar
gerund			tunelant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tunelat		tunelada
		plural		tunelats		tunelades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tunelo	tuneles	tunela	tunelem	tuneleu	tunelen
	imperfect	tunelava	tunelaves	tunelava	tunelàvem	tunelàveu	tunelaven
	future	tunelaré	tunelaràs	tunelarà	tunelarem	tunelareu	tunelaran
	preterite	tunelí	tunelares	tunelà	tunelàrem	tunelàreu	tunelaren
	conditional	tunelaria	tunelaries	tunelaria	tunelaríem	tunelaríeu	tunelarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tuneli	tunelis	tuneli	tunelem	tuneleu	tunelin
	imperfect	tunelés	tunelessis	tunelés	tuneléssim	tuneléssiu	tunelessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	tunela	tuneli	tunelem	tuneleu	tunelin
	negative (no)	—	no tunelis	no tuneli	no tunelem	no tuneleu	no tunelin

Derived terms

• tunelador
• tuneladora

Spanish

Etymology

From túnel +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuneˈlaɾ/ [t̪u.neˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tu‧ne‧lar

Verb

tunelar (first-person singular present tunelo, first-person singular preterite tunelé, past participle tunelado)

1. to tunnel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tunelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tunelar
gerund			tunelando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tunelado		tunelada
		plural		tunelados		tuneladas
		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	tunelo	tunelastú tunelásvos	tunela	tunelamos	tuneláis	tunelan
	imperfect	tunelaba	tunelabas	tunelaba	tunelábamos	tunelabais	tunelaban
	preterite	tunelé	tunelaste	tuneló	tunelamos	tunelasteis	tunelaron
	future	tunelaré	tunelarás	tunelará	tunelaremos	tunelaréis	tunelarán
	conditional	tunelaría	tunelarías	tunelaría	tunelaríamos	tunelaríais	tunelarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tunele	tunelestú tunelésvos2	tunele	tunelemos	tuneléis	tunelen
	imperfect (ra)	tunelara	tunelaras	tunelara	tuneláramos	tunelarais	tunelaran
	imperfect (se)	tunelase	tunelases	tunelase	tunelásemos	tunelaseis	tunelasen
	future1	tunelare	tunelares	tunelare	tuneláremos	tunelareis	tunelaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tunelatú tunelávos	tunele	tunelemos	tunelad	tunelen
	negative		no tuneles	no tunele	no tunelemos	no tuneléis	no tunelen

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

    Selected combined forms of tunelar

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 tunelar	dative	tunelarme	tunelarte	tunelarle, tunelarse	tunelarnos	tunelaros	tunelarles, tunelarse
	accusative	tunelarme	tunelarte	tunelarlo, tunelarla, tunelarse	tunelarnos	tunelaros	tunelarlos, tunelarlas, tunelarse
with gerund tunelando	dative	tunelándome	tunelándote	tunelándole, tunelándose	tunelándonos	tunelándoos	tunelándoles, tunelándose
	accusative	tunelándome	tunelándote	tunelándolo, tunelándola, tunelándose	tunelándonos	tunelándoos	tunelándolos, tunelándolas, tunelándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tunela	dative	tunélame	tunélate	tunélale	tunélanos	not used	tunélales
	accusative	tunélame	tunélate	tunélalo, tunélala	tunélanos	not used	tunélalos, tunélalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tunelá	dative	tunelame	tunelate	tunelale	tunelanos	not used	tunelales
	accusative	tunelame	tunelate	tunelalo, tunelala	tunelanos	not used	tunelalos, tunelalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tunele	dative	tunéleme	not used	tunélele, tunélese	tunélenos	not used	tunéleles
	accusative	tunéleme	not used	tunélelo, tunélela, tunélese	tunélenos	not used	tunélelos, tunélelas
with first-person plural imperative tunelemos	dative	not used	tunelémoste	tunelémosle	tunelémonos	tunelémoos	tunelémosles
	accusative	not used	tunelémoste	tunelémoslo, tunelémosla	tunelémonos	tunelémoos	tunelémoslos, tunelémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tunelad	dative	tuneladme	not used	tuneladle	tuneladnos	tunelaos	tuneladles
	accusative	tuneladme	not used	tuneladlo, tuneladla	tuneladnos	tunelaos	tuneladlos, tuneladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tunelen	dative	tunélenme	not used	tunélenle	tunélennos	not used	tunélenles, tunélense
	accusative	tunélenme	not used	tunélenlo, tunélenla	tunélennos	not used	tunélenlos, tunélenlas, tunélense

Further reading

• “tunelar”, 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