sondar

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

• IPA^(key): /sɔnˈdar/

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

• sondilo (“soundingn line, soundingn lead; probe; sound”)

sondar m

1. plural indefinite of sonde

From Vulgar Latin *subundō.

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

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

• sonda

• sondar, Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa com Acordo Ortográfico

From Latin subundare, sub + undare.

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

1. to sound