sondear

Asturian

Verb

sondear

1. to sound

Related terms

• sondéu

Spanish

Etymology

From sonda +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sondeˈaɾ/ [sõn̪.d̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: son‧de‧ar

Verb

sondear (first-person singular present sondeo, first-person singular preterite sondeé, past participle sondeado)

1. to sound, to probe (test with a probe)
2. to plumb, to fathom (to measure something's depth)
3. to sound out (to figure out someone's intent, mood, opinion or preference usually indirectly)
4. to canvass (conduct a survey)
5. (figuratively) to plumb, to explore (e.g. the depths of)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sondear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sondear
gerund			sondeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sondeado		sondeada
		plural		sondeados		sondeadas
		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	sondeo	sondeastú sondeásvos	sondea	sondeamos	sondeáis	sondean
	imperfect	sondeaba	sondeabas	sondeaba	sondeábamos	sondeabais	sondeaban
	preterite	sondeé	sondeaste	sondeó	sondeamos	sondeasteis	sondearon
	future	sondearé	sondearás	sondeará	sondearemos	sondearéis	sondearán
	conditional	sondearía	sondearías	sondearía	sondearíamos	sondearíais	sondearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sondee	sondeestú sondeésvos2	sondee	sondeemos	sondeéis	sondeen
	imperfect (ra)	sondeara	sondearas	sondeara	sondeáramos	sondearais	sondearan
	imperfect (se)	sondease	sondeases	sondease	sondeásemos	sondeaseis	sondeasen
	future1	sondeare	sondeares	sondeare	sondeáremos	sondeareis	sondearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sondeatú sondeávos	sondee	sondeemos	sondead	sondeen
	negative		no sondees	no sondee	no sondeemos	no sondeéis	no sondeen

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

    Selected combined forms of sondear

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 sondear	dative	sondearme	sondearte	sondearle, sondearse	sondearnos	sondearos	sondearles, sondearse
	accusative	sondearme	sondearte	sondearlo, sondearla, sondearse	sondearnos	sondearos	sondearlos, sondearlas, sondearse
with gerund sondeando	dative	sondeándome	sondeándote	sondeándole, sondeándose	sondeándonos	sondeándoos	sondeándoles, sondeándose
	accusative	sondeándome	sondeándote	sondeándolo, sondeándola, sondeándose	sondeándonos	sondeándoos	sondeándolos, sondeándolas, sondeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sondea	dative	sondéame	sondéate	sondéale	sondéanos	not used	sondéales
	accusative	sondéame	sondéate	sondéalo, sondéala	sondéanos	not used	sondéalos, sondéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sondeá	dative	sondeame	sondeate	sondeale	sondeanos	not used	sondeales
	accusative	sondeame	sondeate	sondealo, sondeala	sondeanos	not used	sondealos, sondealas
with formal second-person singular imperative sondee	dative	sondéeme	not used	sondéele, sondéese	sondéenos	not used	sondéeles
	accusative	sondéeme	not used	sondéelo, sondéela, sondéese	sondéenos	not used	sondéelos, sondéelas
with first-person plural imperative sondeemos	dative	not used	sondeémoste	sondeémosle	sondeémonos	sondeémoos	sondeémosles
	accusative	not used	sondeémoste	sondeémoslo, sondeémosla	sondeémonos	sondeémoos	sondeémoslos, sondeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sondead	dative	sondeadme	not used	sondeadle	sondeadnos	sondeaos	sondeadles
	accusative	sondeadme	not used	sondeadlo, sondeadla	sondeadnos	sondeaos	sondeadlos, sondeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sondeen	dative	sondéenme	not used	sondéenle	sondéennos	not used	sondéenles, sondéense
	accusative	sondéenme	not used	sondéenlo, sondéenla	sondéennos	not used	sondéenlos, sondéenlas, sondéense

Derived terms

• sondeo

Further reading

• “sondear”, 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