garbar

garbar

Spanish

Etymology

From Spanish garba (“sheaf”) +‎ -ar, from Catalan garba (“sheaf”), from Medieval Latin garba (“sheaf”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garbu or Old High German garba (“sheaf”), from Proto-Germanic *garbō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈbaɾ/ [ɡaɾˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gar‧bar

Verb

garbar (first-person singular present garbo, first-person singular preterite garbé, past participle garbado)

1. (agriculture) to sheave, form sheaves of grain and gather them up

   Synonyms: agavillar, engavillar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			garbar
gerund			garbando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		garbado		garbada
		plural		garbados		garbadas
		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	garbo	garbastú garbásvos	garba	garbamos	garbáis	garban
	imperfect	garbaba	garbabas	garbaba	garbábamos	garbabais	garbaban
	preterite	garbé	garbaste	garbó	garbamos	garbasteis	garbaron
	future	garbaré	garbarás	garbará	garbaremos	garbaréis	garbarán
	conditional	garbaría	garbarías	garbaría	garbaríamos	garbaríais	garbarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	garbe	garbestú garbésvos2	garbe	garbemos	garbéis	garben
	imperfect (ra)	garbara	garbaras	garbara	garbáramos	garbarais	garbaran
	imperfect (se)	garbase	garbases	garbase	garbásemos	garbaseis	garbasen
	future1	garbare	garbares	garbare	garbáremos	garbareis	garbaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		garbatú garbávos	garbe	garbemos	garbad	garben
	negative		no garbes	no garbe	no garbemos	no garbéis	no garben

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of garbar

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 garbar
	dative	garbarme	garbarte	garbarle, garbarse	garbarnos	garbaros	garbarles, garbarse
	accusative	garbarme	garbarte	garbarlo, garbarla, garbarse	garbarnos	garbaros	garbarlos, garbarlas, garbarse
with gerund garbando
	dative	garbándome	garbándote	garbándole, garbándose	garbándonos	garbándoos	garbándoles, garbándose
	accusative	garbándome	garbándote	garbándolo, garbándola, garbándose	garbándonos	garbándoos	garbándolos, garbándolas, garbándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative garba
	dative	gárbame	gárbate	gárbale	gárbanos	not used	gárbales
	accusative	gárbame	gárbate	gárbalo, gárbala	gárbanos	not used	gárbalos, gárbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative garbá
	dative	garbame	garbate	garbale	garbanos	not used	garbales
	accusative	garbame	garbate	garbalo, garbala	garbanos	not used	garbalos, garbalas
with formal second-person singular imperative garbe
	dative	gárbeme	not used	gárbele, gárbese	gárbenos	not used	gárbeles
	accusative	gárbeme	not used	gárbelo, gárbela, gárbese	gárbenos	not used	gárbelos, gárbelas
with first-person plural imperative garbemos
	dative	not used	garbémoste	garbémosle	garbémonos	garbémoos	garbémosles
	accusative	not used	garbémoste	garbémoslo, garbémosla	garbémonos	garbémoos	garbémoslos, garbémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative garbad
	dative	garbadme	not used	garbadle	garbadnos	garbaos	garbadles
	accusative	garbadme	not used	garbadlo, garbadla	garbadnos	garbaos	garbadlos, garbadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative garben
	dative	gárbenme	not used	gárbenle	gárbennos	not used	gárbenles, gárbense
	accusative	gárbenme	not used	gárbenlo, gárbenla	gárbennos	not used	gárbenlos, gárbenlas, gárbense

Further reading

• “garbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014