refundir

Spanish

Etymology

re- +‎ fundir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refunˈdiɾ/ [re.fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: re‧fun‧dir

Verb

refundir (first-person singular present refundo, first-person singular preterite refundí, past participle refundido)

1. (transitive) to recast, to resmelt (to melt and recast a metal)
2. (transitive) to revise, to rewrite

Usage notes

• Refundir is a false friend, and does not mean refund in Spanish. The Spanish word for that English meaning of refundir is devolver.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			refundir
gerund			refundiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refundido		refundida
		plural		refundidos		refundidas
		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	refundo	refundestú refundísvos	refunde	refundimos	refundís	refunden
	imperfect	refundía	refundías	refundía	refundíamos	refundíais	refundían
	preterite	refundí	refundiste	refundió	refundimos	refundisteis	refundieron
	future	refundiré	refundirás	refundirá	refundiremos	refundiréis	refundirán
	conditional	refundiría	refundirías	refundiría	refundiríamos	refundiríais	refundirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refunda	refundastú refundásvos2	refunda	refundamos	refundáis	refundan
	imperfect (ra)	refundiera	refundieras	refundiera	refundiéramos	refundierais	refundieran
	imperfect (se)	refundiese	refundieses	refundiese	refundiésemos	refundieseis	refundiesen
	future1	refundiere	refundieres	refundiere	refundiéremos	refundiereis	refundieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		refundetú refundívos	refunda	refundamos	refundid	refundan
	negative		no refundas	no refunda	no refundamos	no refundáis	no refundan

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

    Selected combined forms of refundir

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 refundir
	dative	refundirme	refundirte	refundirle, refundirse	refundirnos	refundiros	refundirles, refundirse
	accusative	refundirme	refundirte	refundirlo, refundirla, refundirse	refundirnos	refundiros	refundirlos, refundirlas, refundirse
with gerund refundiendo
	dative	refundiéndome	refundiéndote	refundiéndole, refundiéndose	refundiéndonos	refundiéndoos	refundiéndoles, refundiéndose
	accusative	refundiéndome	refundiéndote	refundiéndolo, refundiéndola, refundiéndose	refundiéndonos	refundiéndoos	refundiéndolos, refundiéndolas, refundiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative refunde
	dative	refúndeme	refúndete	refúndele	refúndenos	not used	refúndeles
	accusative	refúndeme	refúndete	refúndelo, refúndela	refúndenos	not used	refúndelos, refúndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative refundí
	dative	refundime	refundite	refundile	refundinos	not used	refundiles
	accusative	refundime	refundite	refundilo, refundila	refundinos	not used	refundilos, refundilas
with formal second-person singular imperative refunda
	dative	refúndame	not used	refúndale, refúndase	refúndanos	not used	refúndales
	accusative	refúndame	not used	refúndalo, refúndala, refúndase	refúndanos	not used	refúndalos, refúndalas
with first-person plural imperative refundamos
	dative	not used	refundámoste	refundámosle	refundámonos	refundámoos	refundámosles
	accusative	not used	refundámoste	refundámoslo, refundámosla	refundámonos	refundámoos	refundámoslos, refundámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative refundid
	dative	refundidme	not used	refundidle	refundidnos	refundíos	refundidles
	accusative	refundidme	not used	refundidlo, refundidla	refundidnos	refundíos	refundidlos, refundidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative refundan
	dative	refúndanme	not used	refúndanle	refúndannos	not used	refúndanles, refúndanse
	accusative	refúndanme	not used	refúndanlo, refúndanla	refúndannos	not used	refúndanlos, refúndanlas, refúndanse

Derived terms

• refundición

 

Further reading

• “refundir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28