fond

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfɒnd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/fɑnd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fond for 1; fond; Fr.n for 2)

Inflections of 'fond' (adj):
fonder
adj comparative
fondest
adj superlative
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
fond adj (expressing affection)cariñoso/a adj
  afectuoso/a adj
 Kelsey gave her friend a fond smile.
 Kelsey le mostró una sonrisa cariñosa a su amigo.
fond of [sb/sth] adj + prep (feeling affection) (alguien)querer a vtr + prep
  tenerle cariño a loc verb
  tener afecto por loc verb
 I'm fond of my dogs: they keep me company when nobody's about.
 Quiero a mis perros, me hacen compañía cuando no hay nadie más alrededor.
fond of doing [sth] adj (activity: enjoy)disfrutar vtr
  gustar vtr
 Simon's kids are fond of visiting the zoo.
 Los hijos de Simon disfrutan las visitas al zoológico.
 A los hijos de Simon les gustan las visitas al zoológico.
fond adj (hopes, wishes: foolish)ingenuo/a adj
 Gary has fond hopes of having his novel published.
 Gary tiene esperanzas ingenuas de que le publiquen la novela.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
à fond (French: fully)a fondo loc adv
au fond Gallicism (fundamentally)en el fondo loc adv
grow fond of [sb/sth] v expr (come to like)cogerse cariño loc verb
 My sister-in-law and I didn't get along well at first, but now we have grown quite fond of one another.
 Mi cuñada y yo no nos llevábamos bien al principio, pero ahora nos hemos cogido mucho cariño.
  tomarse cariño loc verb
 Mi cuñada y yo no nos llevábamos bien al principio, pero ahora nos hemos tomado cariño.
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'fond' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:

Collocations: fond memories of [my home town, growing up], am growing (quite) fond of you, is [rather, very, quite] fond of [chocolate, brandy, ice-cream], more...

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