cunear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cuna

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish cunear

From cuna + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuneˈaɾ/ [ku.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cu‧ne‧ar

Verb

cunear (first-person singular present cuneo, first-person singular preterite cuneé, past participle cuneado)

1. to rock; cradle

   Synonym: acunar

2. (reflexive) to rock; sway

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cunear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cunear
gerund			cuneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cuneado		cuneada
		plural		cuneados		cuneadas
		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	cuneo	cuneastú cuneásvos	cunea	cuneamos	cuneáis	cunean
	imperfect	cuneaba	cuneabas	cuneaba	cuneábamos	cuneabais	cuneaban
	preterite	cuneé	cuneaste	cuneó	cuneamos	cuneasteis	cunearon
	future	cunearé	cunearás	cuneará	cunearemos	cunearéis	cunearán
	conditional	cunearía	cunearías	cunearía	cunearíamos	cunearíais	cunearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cunee	cuneestú cuneésvos2	cunee	cuneemos	cuneéis	cuneen
	imperfect (ra)	cuneara	cunearas	cuneara	cuneáramos	cunearais	cunearan
	imperfect (se)	cunease	cuneases	cunease	cuneásemos	cuneaseis	cuneasen
	future1	cuneare	cuneares	cuneare	cuneáremos	cuneareis	cunearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cuneatú cuneávos	cunee	cuneemos	cunead	cuneen
	negative		no cunees	no cunee	no cuneemos	no cuneéis	no cuneen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cunear

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 cunear	dative	cunearme	cunearte	cunearle, cunearse	cunearnos	cunearos	cunearles, cunearse
	accusative	cunearme	cunearte	cunearlo, cunearla, cunearse	cunearnos	cunearos	cunearlos, cunearlas, cunearse
with gerund cuneando	dative	cuneándome	cuneándote	cuneándole, cuneándose	cuneándonos	cuneándoos	cuneándoles, cuneándose
	accusative	cuneándome	cuneándote	cuneándolo, cuneándola, cuneándose	cuneándonos	cuneándoos	cuneándolos, cuneándolas, cuneándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cunea	dative	cunéame	cunéate	cunéale	cunéanos	not used	cunéales
	accusative	cunéame	cunéate	cunéalo, cunéala	cunéanos	not used	cunéalos, cunéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cuneá	dative	cuneame	cuneate	cuneale	cuneanos	not used	cuneales
	accusative	cuneame	cuneate	cunealo, cuneala	cuneanos	not used	cunealos, cunealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cunee	dative	cunéeme	not used	cunéele, cunéese	cunéenos	not used	cunéeles
	accusative	cunéeme	not used	cunéelo, cunéela, cunéese	cunéenos	not used	cunéelos, cunéelas
with first-person plural imperative cuneemos	dative	not used	cuneémoste	cuneémosle	cuneémonos	cuneémoos	cuneémosles
	accusative	not used	cuneémoste	cuneémoslo, cuneémosla	cuneémonos	cuneémoos	cuneémoslos, cuneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cunead	dative	cuneadme	not used	cuneadle	cuneadnos	cuneaos	cuneadles
	accusative	cuneadme	not used	cuneadlo, cuneadla	cuneadnos	cuneaos	cuneadlos, cuneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cuneen	dative	cunéenme	not used	cunéenle	cunéennos	not used	cunéenles, cunéense
	accusative	cunéenme	not used	cunéenlo, cunéenla	cunéennos	not used	cunéenlos, cunéenlas, cunéense

Further reading

• “cunear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025