tongonear

Spanish

Verb

tongonear (first-person singular present tongoneo, first-person singular preterite tongoneé, past participle tongoneado)

1. (Cuba, Venezuela) to swing (the hips, while dancing or walking)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tongonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tongonear
gerund			tongoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tongoneado		tongoneada
		plural		tongoneados		tongoneadas
		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	tongoneo	tongoneastú tongoneásvos	tongonea	tongoneamos	tongoneáis	tongonean
	imperfect	tongoneaba	tongoneabas	tongoneaba	tongoneábamos	tongoneabais	tongoneaban
	preterite	tongoneé	tongoneaste	tongoneó	tongoneamos	tongoneasteis	tongonearon
	future	tongonearé	tongonearás	tongoneará	tongonearemos	tongonearéis	tongonearán
	conditional	tongonearía	tongonearías	tongonearía	tongonearíamos	tongonearíais	tongonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tongonee	tongoneestú tongoneésvos2	tongonee	tongoneemos	tongoneéis	tongoneen
	imperfect (ra)	tongoneara	tongonearas	tongoneara	tongoneáramos	tongonearais	tongonearan
	imperfect (se)	tongonease	tongoneases	tongonease	tongoneásemos	tongoneaseis	tongoneasen
	future1	tongoneare	tongoneares	tongoneare	tongoneáremos	tongoneareis	tongonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tongoneatú tongoneávos	tongonee	tongoneemos	tongonead	tongoneen
	negative		no tongonees	no tongonee	no tongoneemos	no tongoneéis	no tongoneen

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

    Selected combined forms of tongonear

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 tongonear
	dative	tongonearme	tongonearte	tongonearle, tongonearse	tongonearnos	tongonearos	tongonearles, tongonearse
	accusative	tongonearme	tongonearte	tongonearlo, tongonearla, tongonearse	tongonearnos	tongonearos	tongonearlos, tongonearlas, tongonearse
with gerund tongoneando
	dative	tongoneándome	tongoneándote	tongoneándole, tongoneándose	tongoneándonos	tongoneándoos	tongoneándoles, tongoneándose
	accusative	tongoneándome	tongoneándote	tongoneándolo, tongoneándola, tongoneándose	tongoneándonos	tongoneándoos	tongoneándolos, tongoneándolas, tongoneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tongonea
	dative	tongonéame	tongonéate	tongonéale	tongonéanos	not used	tongonéales
	accusative	tongonéame	tongonéate	tongonéalo, tongonéala	tongonéanos	not used	tongonéalos, tongonéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tongoneá
	dative	tongoneame	tongoneate	tongoneale	tongoneanos	not used	tongoneales
	accusative	tongoneame	tongoneate	tongonealo, tongoneala	tongoneanos	not used	tongonealos, tongonealas
with formal second-person singular imperative tongonee
	dative	tongonéeme	not used	tongonéele, tongonéese	tongonéenos	not used	tongonéeles
	accusative	tongonéeme	not used	tongonéelo, tongonéela, tongonéese	tongonéenos	not used	tongonéelos, tongonéelas
with first-person plural imperative tongoneemos
	dative	not used	tongoneémoste	tongoneémosle	tongoneémonos	tongoneémoos	tongoneémosles
	accusative	not used	tongoneémoste	tongoneémoslo, tongoneémosla	tongoneémonos	tongoneémoos	tongoneémoslos, tongoneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tongonead
	dative	tongoneadme	not used	tongoneadle	tongoneadnos	tongoneaos	tongoneadles
	accusative	tongoneadme	not used	tongoneadlo, tongoneadla	tongoneadnos	tongoneaos	tongoneadlos, tongoneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tongoneen
	dative	tongonéenme	not used	tongonéenle	tongonéennos	not used	tongonéenles, tongonéense
	accusative	tongonéenme	not used	tongonéenlo, tongonéenla	tongonéennos	not used	tongonéenlos, tongonéenlas, tongonéense

Further reading

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