nimbar
Spanish
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nimˈbaɾ/ [nĩmˈbaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: nim‧bar
Verb
nimbar (first-person singular present nimbo, first-person singular preterite nimbé, past participle nimbado)
- to aureole; to halo
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, "Los ladrones", in El juguete rabioso
- Nuestras pupilas estaban limpias de inquietud, osaría decir que nos nimbaba la frente un halo de soberbia y audacia.
- 2015 July 31, “Llanes en 32 playas”, in El País:
- Así se abre el paseo por la base de los cantiles, acercándonos a los castros nimbados de bruma, cerca de donde imparten clases de surf (www.sanmarsurfboards.com ).
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, "Los ladrones", in El juguete rabioso
Conjugation
Conjugation of nimbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
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 | vos | tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 | tú||||||
imperfect (ra) | |||||||
imperfect (se) | |||||||
future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | vos | tú||||||
negative | no nimbes | no nimbe | no nimbemos | no nimbéis | no nimben |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of nimbar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with gerund | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with informal second-person singular tú imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with informal second-person singular vos imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with formal second-person singular imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | , | not used | ||||
accusative | not used | , , | not used | , | |||
with first-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with informal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with formal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | not used | , | ||||
accusative | not used | , | not used | , , |
Further reading
- “nimbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014