fundir

1. to smelt, to cast
2. to melt
3. to fade, to merge, to fuse
4. (colloquial) to waste
5. (obsolete) to sink
6. (Mexico, reflexive) to burn out (of lightbulbs and similar light-producing devices)

Hyphenated as

fun‧dir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/funˈdiɾ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: fundō

Cognate with English: found

In summary

Borrowed from Latin fundere. Doublet of hundir (“to sink”). Cognate with English found (“to melt”) and fuse.

Concepts

melt

smelt

fuse

found

cast

overwhelm

ruin

smelting

thaw

unfreeze

unthaw

water

🚰

dethaw

dissolve

fade

join

merge

Synonyms

derretir

soldar

deshacer

fundir metales

Translations

fondre

fondere

schmelzen

fundir

mouler

fondre

couler

λιώνω

gießen

liquéfier

τήκω

annaffiare

🚰

vereinigen

verschmelzen

gefunden

Sentences

El dispositivo dispone de dos lentes , que permiten fundir las imágenes .

The device has two lenses, which allow the images to be fused.