fruncir

Spanish

Etymology

From French froncer.

Verb

fruncir (first-person singular present frunzo, first-person singular preterite fruncí, past participle fruncido)

  1. (transitive) to pucker, wrinkle
  2. (transitive, sewing) to gather

fruncir el ceño

  1. (set phrase) to frown

Conjugation

  • Rule: c becomes a z before a or o.
    Conjugation of fruncir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive fruncir
gerund frunciendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular fruncido fruncida
plural fruncidos fruncidas
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 frunzo fruncestú
fruncísvos		 frunce fruncimos fruncís fruncen
imperfect fruncía fruncías fruncía fruncíamos fruncíais fruncían
preterite fruncí frunciste frunció fruncimos fruncisteis fruncieron
future frunciré fruncirás fruncirá frunciremos frunciréis fruncirán
conditional frunciría fruncirías frunciría frunciríamos frunciríais fruncirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present frunza frunzas frunza frunzamos frunzáis frunzan
imperfect
(ra)		 frunciera fruncieras frunciera frunciéramos fruncierais fruncieran
imperfect
(se)		 frunciese fruncieses frunciese frunciésemos fruncieseis frunciesen
future1 frunciere fruncieres frunciere frunciéremos frunciereis fruncieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative fruncetú
fruncívos		 frunza frunzamos fruncid frunzan
negative no frunzas no frunza no frunzamos no frunzáis no frunzan
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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