uncir

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • juncir (uncommon)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish unzir (also uñir), from Latin iungere, iungō, from Proto-Italic *jungō, from Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti, from the root *yewg-.

Pronunciation

Verb

uncir (first-person singular present unzo, first-person singular preterite uncí, past participle uncido)

  1. to yoke

Conjugation

Further reading

  • uncir”, 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
  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “uncir”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]