sondar

Etymology

Borrowing from English sound, French sonder, German sondieren, Italian sondare, Russian зонди́ровать (zondírovatʹ) and Spanish sondear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔnˈdar/

Verb

sondar (present tense sondas, past tense sondis, future tense sondos, imperative sondez, conditional sondus)

1. (intransitive) to take soundings in
2. (transitive, intransitive, general) to sound: ascertain the depth of, explore the nature of the bottom
3. (transitive, general) to fathom
4. (transitive, figuratively) to try, test
5. (intransitive, medicine) to probe (with a probe), to sound (with a sound)
6. (intransitive, mining) to make a boring

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sondar

		present		past		future
infinitive		sondar		sondir		sondor
tense		sondas		sondis		sondos
conditional		sondus
imperative		sondez
adjective active participle		sondanta		sondinta		sondonta
adverbial active participle		sondante		sondinte		sondonte
nominal active participle	singular	sondanto		sondinto		sondonto
	plural	sondanti		sondinti		sondonti
adjective passive participle		sondata		sondita		sondota
adverbial passive participle		sondate		sondite		sondote
nominal passive participle	singular	sondato		sondito		sondoto
	plural	sondati		sonditi		sondoti

Noun

sondar m

1. plural indefinite of sonde

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *subundō.

Verb

sondar (first-person singular present indicative sondo, past participle sondado)

1. to investigate furtively
2. to probe (to insert a probe into)
3. to fathom (to measure the depth of a body of water)

References

• sondar, Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa com Acordo Ortográfico

Etymology

From Latin subundare, sub + undare.

Verb

sondar (first-person singular present sondo, first-person singular preterite sondé, past participle sondado)

1. to sound