gibar

gibar

Spanish

Etymology

giba +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xiˈbaɾ/ [xiˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gi‧bar

Verb

gibar (first-person singular present gibo, first-person singular preterite gibé, past participle gibado)

1. (transitive, colloquial) to bug; pester; hack off

   Synonyms: fastidiar, molestar

2. (transitive) to curve, bend

   Synonym: corcovar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gibar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			gibar
gerund			gibando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gibado		gibada
		plural		gibados		gibadas
		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	gibo	gibastú gibásvos	giba	gibamos	gibáis	giban
	imperfect	gibaba	gibabas	gibaba	gibábamos	gibabais	gibaban
	preterite	gibé	gibaste	gibó	gibamos	gibasteis	gibaron
	future	gibaré	gibarás	gibará	gibaremos	gibaréis	gibarán
	conditional	gibaría	gibarías	gibaría	gibaríamos	gibaríais	gibarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gibe	gibestú gibésvos2	gibe	gibemos	gibéis	giben
	imperfect (ra)	gibara	gibaras	gibara	gibáramos	gibarais	gibaran
	imperfect (se)	gibase	gibases	gibase	gibásemos	gibaseis	gibasen
	future1	gibare	gibares	gibare	gibáremos	gibareis	gibaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gibatú gibávos	gibe	gibemos	gibad	giben
	negative		no gibes	no gibe	no gibemos	no gibéis	no giben

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

    Selected combined forms of gibar

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 gibar
	dative	gibarme	gibarte	gibarle, gibarse	gibarnos	gibaros	gibarles, gibarse
	accusative	gibarme	gibarte	gibarlo, gibarla, gibarse	gibarnos	gibaros	gibarlos, gibarlas, gibarse
with gerund gibando
	dative	gibándome	gibándote	gibándole, gibándose	gibándonos	gibándoos	gibándoles, gibándose
	accusative	gibándome	gibándote	gibándolo, gibándola, gibándose	gibándonos	gibándoos	gibándolos, gibándolas, gibándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative giba
	dative	gíbame	gíbate	gíbale	gíbanos	not used	gíbales
	accusative	gíbame	gíbate	gíbalo, gíbala	gíbanos	not used	gíbalos, gíbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative gibá
	dative	gibame	gibate	gibale	gibanos	not used	gibales
	accusative	gibame	gibate	gibalo, gibala	gibanos	not used	gibalos, gibalas
with formal second-person singular imperative gibe
	dative	gíbeme	not used	gíbele, gíbese	gíbenos	not used	gíbeles
	accusative	gíbeme	not used	gíbelo, gíbela, gíbese	gíbenos	not used	gíbelos, gíbelas
with first-person plural imperative gibemos
	dative	not used	gibémoste	gibémosle	gibémonos	gibémoos	gibémosles
	accusative	not used	gibémoste	gibémoslo, gibémosla	gibémonos	gibémoos	gibémoslos, gibémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative gibad
	dative	gibadme	not used	gibadle	gibadnos	gibaos	gibadles
	accusative	gibadme	not used	gibadlo, gibadla	gibadnos	gibaos	gibadlos, gibadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative giben
	dative	gíbenme	not used	gíbenle	gíbennos	not used	gíbenles, gíbense
	accusative	gíbenme	not used	gíbenlo, gíbenla	gíbennos	not used	gíbenlos, gíbenlas, gíbense

Derived terms

• chivar

Further reading

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