tunear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuneˈaɾ/ [t̪u.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tu‧ne‧ar

Etymology 1

Verb

tunear (first-person singular present tuneo, first-person singular preterite tuneé, past participle tuneado)

1. to be crooked or deceitful

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tunear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tunear
gerund			tuneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tuneado		tuneada
		plural		tuneados		tuneadas
		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	tuneo	tuneastú tuneásvos	tunea	tuneamos	tuneáis	tunean
	imperfect	tuneaba	tuneabas	tuneaba	tuneábamos	tuneabais	tuneaban
	preterite	tuneé	tuneaste	tuneó	tuneamos	tuneasteis	tunearon
	future	tunearé	tunearás	tuneará	tunearemos	tunearéis	tunearán
	conditional	tunearía	tunearías	tunearía	tunearíamos	tunearíais	tunearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tunee	tuneestú tuneésvos2	tunee	tuneemos	tuneéis	tuneen
	imperfect (ra)	tuneara	tunearas	tuneara	tuneáramos	tunearais	tunearan
	imperfect (se)	tunease	tuneases	tunease	tuneásemos	tuneaseis	tuneasen
	future1	tuneare	tuneares	tuneare	tuneáremos	tuneareis	tunearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tuneatú tuneávos	tunee	tuneemos	tunead	tuneen
	negative		no tunees	no tunee	no tuneemos	no tuneéis	no tuneen

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

    Selected combined forms of tunear

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 tunear
	dative	tunearme	tunearte	tunearle, tunearse	tunearnos	tunearos	tunearles, tunearse
	accusative	tunearme	tunearte	tunearlo, tunearla, tunearse	tunearnos	tunearos	tunearlos, tunearlas, tunearse
with gerund tuneando
	dative	tuneándome	tuneándote	tuneándole, tuneándose	tuneándonos	tuneándoos	tuneándoles, tuneándose
	accusative	tuneándome	tuneándote	tuneándolo, tuneándola, tuneándose	tuneándonos	tuneándoos	tuneándolos, tuneándolas, tuneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tunea
	dative	tunéame	tunéate	tunéale	tunéanos	not used	tunéales
	accusative	tunéame	tunéate	tunéalo, tunéala	tunéanos	not used	tunéalos, tunéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tuneá
	dative	tuneame	tuneate	tuneale	tuneanos	not used	tuneales
	accusative	tuneame	tuneate	tunealo, tuneala	tuneanos	not used	tunealos, tunealas
with formal second-person singular imperative tunee
	dative	tunéeme	not used	tunéele, tunéese	tunéenos	not used	tunéeles
	accusative	tunéeme	not used	tunéelo, tunéela, tunéese	tunéenos	not used	tunéelos, tunéelas
with first-person plural imperative tuneemos
	dative	not used	tuneémoste	tuneémosle	tuneémonos	tuneémoos	tuneémosles
	accusative	not used	tuneémoste	tuneémoslo, tuneémosla	tuneémonos	tuneémoos	tuneémoslos, tuneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tunead
	dative	tuneadme	not used	tuneadle	tuneadnos	tuneaos	tuneadles
	accusative	tuneadme	not used	tuneadlo, tuneadla	tuneadnos	tuneaos	tuneadlos, tuneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tuneen
	dative	tunéenme	not used	tunéenle	tunéennos	not used	tunéenles, tunéense
	accusative	tunéenme	not used	tunéenlo, tunéenla	tunéennos	not used	tunéenlos, tunéenlas, tunéense

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tune.

Verb

tunear (first-person singular present tuneo, first-person singular preterite tuneé, past participle tuneado)

1. to customize, pimp up (to make (someone or something, especially a car) more extravagantly decorated, as with flashy accessories, etc)
2. to tune (adjust)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tunear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tunear
gerund			tuneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tuneado		tuneada
		plural		tuneados		tuneadas
		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	tuneo	tuneastú tuneásvos	tunea	tuneamos	tuneáis	tunean
	imperfect	tuneaba	tuneabas	tuneaba	tuneábamos	tuneabais	tuneaban
	preterite	tuneé	tuneaste	tuneó	tuneamos	tuneasteis	tunearon
	future	tunearé	tunearás	tuneará	tunearemos	tunearéis	tunearán
	conditional	tunearía	tunearías	tunearía	tunearíamos	tunearíais	tunearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tunee	tuneestú tuneésvos2	tunee	tuneemos	tuneéis	tuneen
	imperfect (ra)	tuneara	tunearas	tuneara	tuneáramos	tunearais	tunearan
	imperfect (se)	tunease	tuneases	tunease	tuneásemos	tuneaseis	tuneasen
	future1	tuneare	tuneares	tuneare	tuneáremos	tuneareis	tunearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tuneatú tuneávos	tunee	tuneemos	tunead	tuneen
	negative		no tunees	no tunee	no tuneemos	no tuneéis	no tuneen

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

    Selected combined forms of tunear

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 tunear
	dative	tunearme	tunearte	tunearle, tunearse	tunearnos	tunearos	tunearles, tunearse
	accusative	tunearme	tunearte	tunearlo, tunearla, tunearse	tunearnos	tunearos	tunearlos, tunearlas, tunearse
with gerund tuneando
	dative	tuneándome	tuneándote	tuneándole, tuneándose	tuneándonos	tuneándoos	tuneándoles, tuneándose
	accusative	tuneándome	tuneándote	tuneándolo, tuneándola, tuneándose	tuneándonos	tuneándoos	tuneándolos, tuneándolas, tuneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tunea
	dative	tunéame	tunéate	tunéale	tunéanos	not used	tunéales
	accusative	tunéame	tunéate	tunéalo, tunéala	tunéanos	not used	tunéalos, tunéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tuneá
	dative	tuneame	tuneate	tuneale	tuneanos	not used	tuneales
	accusative	tuneame	tuneate	tunealo, tuneala	tuneanos	not used	tunealos, tunealas
with formal second-person singular imperative tunee
	dative	tunéeme	not used	tunéele, tunéese	tunéenos	not used	tunéeles
	accusative	tunéeme	not used	tunéelo, tunéela, tunéese	tunéenos	not used	tunéelos, tunéelas
with first-person plural imperative tuneemos
	dative	not used	tuneémoste	tuneémosle	tuneémonos	tuneémoos	tuneémosles
	accusative	not used	tuneémoste	tuneémoslo, tuneémosla	tuneémonos	tuneémoos	tuneémoslos, tuneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tunead
	dative	tuneadme	not used	tuneadle	tuneadnos	tuneaos	tuneadles
	accusative	tuneadme	not used	tuneadlo, tuneadla	tuneadnos	tuneaos	tuneadlos, tuneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tuneen
	dative	tunéenme	not used	tunéenle	tunéennos	not used	tunéenles, tunéense
	accusative	tunéenme	not used	tunéenlo, tunéenla	tunéennos	not used	tunéenlos, tunéenlas, tunéense

Related terms

• tuneo m
• tuneador m, tuneadora f

Further reading

• “tunear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014