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"tune" is the third person singular present subjunctive of the verb tunar. View conjugation.

tune

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tune
[tjuːn]
sustantivo
1melodía (f)
  • I can't sing in tune -> desafino al cantar
  • to be out of tune -> estar desafinado(a); (instrument) desafinar (person)
2(idioms)
  • to be in tune with one's surroundings -> estar a tono con el entorno
  • to call the tune -> llevar la batuta
  • to change one's tune -> cambiar de actitud
  • to the tune of -> por valor de
verbo transitivo
3afinar (musical instrument); poner a punto (engine); sintonizar (TV, radio)

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tune [tiun]
sustantivo
1Tono, la canción métrica para la música compuesta de varias coplas; tonada.
2Tono, el sonido que hace la voz cuando se habla o canta y el que hace un instrumento cuando se toca.
3Concordancia o armonía, tanto, hablando de la música como hablando metafóricamente de costumbres, actos morales, etc. 4.
Tono, el estado particular del ánimo y a veces también del cuerpo para ejecutar, aprender, etc. The fiddle is in tune or out of tune, el violín está afinado o desafinado.
1Templar un instrumento músico.
2Cantar armoniosamente.
3Poner acordes dos o más cosas o ajustarlas perfectamente entre sí.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
4Modular, cantar con armonía y variedad de la voz. (n)
5Ajustarse o concertar dos o más voces o instrumentos. (n)
va.

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tune [tjuːn]
noun
1 (melody) melodía; (f)
tonada $ >
 (piece) tema; (m) (song) canción; (f)
can you remember the tune? ¿te acuerdas de la melodía la música?;or the cello has the tune at that point el chelo lleva la melodía en esa parte; it hasn't got much tune no es muy melódico; no tiene mucha melodía
dance tunedance canción bailable; (f)
come on, give us a tune!give (sing) ¡vamos, cántanos algo!
he gave us a tune on the piano nos tocó un tema al piano
to hum a tunehum tararear una melodía/canción
he was playing my favourite tune the orchestra was playing a selection of tunes from The Merry Widow. she was humming a merry tune you couldn't tell what they were playing - there was no tune at all to [dance] to sb's tune the churches end up dancing to the tune of their big business sponsors
to the tune of sthto
(sung) to the tune of Rule Britannia con la música de Rule Britannia; repairs to the tune of £300 arreglos por la bonita suma de 300 libras; he was in debt to the tune of £4,000 tenía deudas que llegaban a 4.000 libras
to the tune of £500 the prison is overpopulated to the tune of 1600 try singing X to the tune of Y
to call the tune llevar la voz cantante
she calls the tune in their house
to change one's tune cambiar de parecer
you've changed your tune since this morning, haven't you? he soon changed his tune and started working as hard as the others
to sing another a different tuneor bailar a un son distinto
11 months ago, the Government was singing a different tune to sing the same tune it doesn't help when politicians argue in public - we should all be singing the same tune
the same old tune: I'm bored with politicians singing the same old tune estoy harto de oír a los políticos siempre hablar de lo mismo
dance piper signature
2 (accurate pitch)
to be in tunein [+instrument] estar afinado
he can't sing in tune no sabe cantar sin desafinar; no sabe cantar afinado
to be out of tuneout [+instrument] estar desafinado
to go out of tune desafinar; to sing out of tune cantar desafinado; desafinar
the guitar is a bit out of tune she sings out of tune
to be in/out of tune with sth/sbwith
he is in/out of tune with the people sintoniza con/está desconectado con el pueblo; his ideas were in/out of tune with the spirit of his age sus ideas estaban a tono/desentonaban con el espíritu de su época
to be in tune with the times the president is more in tune with the times than his predecessor this is one more sign that the party is in tune with the interests of the people this is one more sign that the party is out of tune with the interests of the people men are less in tune with their bodies than women
verb:transitive
1 (Mús) [+piano, guitar] afinar
we tune our guitars before every performance they were tuning up their instruments we had to have the piano tuned after we moved house
2 (Mec) [+engine, machine] poner a punto; afinar
it is capable of 100mph with a well-tuned engine
3 (TV) (Rad) sintonizar
I came across the programme while tuning my radio tune your TV or video recorder to the show tomorrow to be [tuned] to
you are tuned (in) to ... está usted sintonizando (la cadena) ...
my radio is permanently tuned to Radio 4
stay tuned to this station for a further announcement sigan en sintonía con esta emisora para escuchar otro anuncio
she spent years spent tuning her physique to compete against top athletes I've tuned my style to that of the journal I write for now
verb:intransitive
(TV) (Rad)
to tune to sth (to programme, channel) sintonizar algo
lovers of this sort of pop should tune to the John Peel show millions of people tune to the BBC each week

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Verb Conjugation for "tune"

Imperative
  • tune
  • you tune
  • he/she tunes
  • we tune
  • you tune
  • they tune
Preterite
  • I tuned
  • you tuned
  • he/she tuned
  • we tuned
  • you tuned
  • they tuned
Present Continuous
  • I am tuning
  • you are tuning
  • he/she is tuning
  • we are tuning
  • you are tuning
  • they are tuning
Present Perfect
  • I have tuned
  • you have tuned
  • he/she has tuned
  • we have tuned
  • you have tuned
  • they have tuned
Past Continuous
  • I was tuning
  • you were tuning
  • he/she was tuning
  • we were tuning
  • you were tuning
  • they were tuning
Past Perfect
  • I had tuned
  • you had tuned
  • he/she had tuned
  • we had tuned
  • you had tuned
  • they had tuned
Future
  • I will tune
  • you will tune
  • he/she will tune
  • we will tune
  • you will tune
  • they will tune
Future Perfect
  • I will have tuned
  • you will have tuned
  • he/she will have tuned
  • we will have tuned
  • you will have tuned
  • they will have tuned
Future Continuous
  • I will be tuning
  • you will be tuning
  • he/she will be tuning
  • we will be tuning
  • you will be tuning
  • they will be tuning
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been tuning
  • you have been tuning
  • he/she has been tuning
  • we have been tuning
  • you have been tuning
  • they have been tuning
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been tuning
  • you will have been tuning
  • he/she will have been tuning
  • we will have been tuning
  • you will have been tuning
  • they will have been tuning
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been tuning
  • you had been tuning
  • he/she had been tuning
  • we had been tuning
  • you had been tuning
  • they had been tuning

tunar [too-nar']
verb neuter
1To lead a licentious, vagrant life, to loiter. (n)

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tunar
verbo:intransitivo
to loaf; idle; bum around; (EEUU)

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Verb Conjugation for "tunar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo tuno tuné tunaba tunaré tune
Tú tunas tunaste tunabas tunarás tunes
Ella/Él/Usted tuna tunó tunaba tunará tune
Nosotros tunamos tunamos tunábamos tunaremos tunemos
Vosotros tunáis tunasteis tunabais tunaréis tunéis
Ellos/Ustedes tunan tunaron tunaban tunarán tunen
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to beat; to overcome, to surpass, to overtake