tonsurar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin tōnsūra

Late Latin tōnsūrārelbor.

Spanish tonsurar

Learned borrowing from Late Latin tōnsūrāre, from Latin tōnsūra (“shearing, shaving”).

Verb

tonsurar (first-person singular present tonsuro, first-person singular preterite tonsuré, past participle tonsurado)

1. to tonsure

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tonsurar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tonsurar
gerund			tonsurando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tonsurado		tonsurada
		plural		tonsurados		tonsuradas
		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	tonsuro	tonsurastú tonsurásvos	tonsura	tonsuramos	tonsuráis	tonsuran
	imperfect	tonsuraba	tonsurabas	tonsuraba	tonsurábamos	tonsurabais	tonsuraban
	preterite	tonsuré	tonsuraste	tonsuró	tonsuramos	tonsurasteis	tonsuraron
	future	tonsuraré	tonsurarás	tonsurará	tonsuraremos	tonsuraréis	tonsurarán
	conditional	tonsuraría	tonsurarías	tonsuraría	tonsuraríamos	tonsuraríais	tonsurarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tonsure	tonsurestú tonsurésvos2	tonsure	tonsuremos	tonsuréis	tonsuren
	imperfect (ra)	tonsurara	tonsuraras	tonsurara	tonsuráramos	tonsurarais	tonsuraran
	imperfect (se)	tonsurase	tonsurases	tonsurase	tonsurásemos	tonsuraseis	tonsurasen
	future1	tonsurare	tonsurares	tonsurare	tonsuráremos	tonsurareis	tonsuraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tonsuratú tonsurávos	tonsure	tonsuremos	tonsurad	tonsuren
	negative		no tonsures	no tonsure	no tonsuremos	no tonsuréis	no tonsuren

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

    Selected combined forms of tonsurar

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 tonsurar	dative	tonsurarme	tonsurarte	tonsurarle, tonsurarse	tonsurarnos	tonsuraros	tonsurarles, tonsurarse
	accusative	tonsurarme	tonsurarte	tonsurarlo, tonsurarla, tonsurarse	tonsurarnos	tonsuraros	tonsurarlos, tonsurarlas, tonsurarse
with gerund tonsurando	dative	tonsurándome	tonsurándote	tonsurándole, tonsurándose	tonsurándonos	tonsurándoos	tonsurándoles, tonsurándose
	accusative	tonsurándome	tonsurándote	tonsurándolo, tonsurándola, tonsurándose	tonsurándonos	tonsurándoos	tonsurándolos, tonsurándolas, tonsurándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative tonsura	dative	tonsúrame	tonsúrate	tonsúrale	tonsúranos	not used	tonsúrales
	accusative	tonsúrame	tonsúrate	tonsúralo, tonsúrala	tonsúranos	not used	tonsúralos, tonsúralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative tonsurá	dative	tonsurame	tonsurate	tonsurale	tonsuranos	not used	tonsurales
	accusative	tonsurame	tonsurate	tonsuralo, tonsurala	tonsuranos	not used	tonsuralos, tonsuralas
with formal second-person singular imperative tonsure	dative	tonsúreme	not used	tonsúrele, tonsúrese	tonsúrenos	not used	tonsúreles
	accusative	tonsúreme	not used	tonsúrelo, tonsúrela, tonsúrese	tonsúrenos	not used	tonsúrelos, tonsúrelas
with first-person plural imperative tonsuremos	dative	not used	tonsurémoste	tonsurémosle	tonsurémonos	tonsurémoos	tonsurémosles
	accusative	not used	tonsurémoste	tonsurémoslo, tonsurémosla	tonsurémonos	tonsurémoos	tonsurémoslos, tonsurémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tonsurad	dative	tonsuradme	not used	tonsuradle	tonsuradnos	tonsuraos	tonsuradles
	accusative	tonsuradme	not used	tonsuradlo, tonsuradla	tonsuradnos	tonsuraos	tonsuradlos, tonsuradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tonsuren	dative	tonsúrenme	not used	tonsúrenle	tonsúrennos	not used	tonsúrenles, tonsúrense
	accusative	tonsúrenme	not used	tonsúrenlo, tonsúrenla	tonsúrennos	not used	tonsúrenlos, tonsúrenlas, tonsúrense

Further reading

• “tonsurar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026