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fundamentar

to ground

verb foon-dah-men-TAHR Rare
Communication Speech

Also means

to base

Usage Note

Fundamentar means to provide a solid foundation or rationale for something, used in academic, legal, and journalistic writing (fundamentar una teoría, fundamentar una sentencia). It is more formal than basar ('to base'). The reflexive fundamentarse en means 'to be based on' or 'to rest on.'

Examples

"Hay que fundamentar bien cada argumento."

Natural Translation

Each argument must be properly grounded.

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