resbalar

resbalar

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ esbarar (“to slide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resbaˈlaɾ/ [rez.β̞aˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: res‧ba‧lar

Verb

resbalar (first-person singular present resbalo, first-person singular preterite resbalé, past participle resbalado)

1. to slip
2. to slide

   Synonym: deslizar

3. to run, roll, trickle (e.g. tears, rain, water)
4. (figurative) to roll (e.g. off one's back)
5. (reflexive) to slip (to make oneself slip)

   Synonym: deslizarse

   Él se resbaló en el hielo.

   He slipped on the ice.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resbalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			resbalar
gerund			resbalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		resbalado		resbalada
		plural		resbalados		resbaladas
		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	resbalo	resbalastú resbalásvos	resbala	resbalamos	resbaláis	resbalan
	imperfect	resbalaba	resbalabas	resbalaba	resbalábamos	resbalabais	resbalaban
	preterite	resbalé	resbalaste	resbaló	resbalamos	resbalasteis	resbalaron
	future	resbalaré	resbalarás	resbalará	resbalaremos	resbalaréis	resbalarán
	conditional	resbalaría	resbalarías	resbalaría	resbalaríamos	resbalaríais	resbalarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	resbale	resbalestú resbalésvos2	resbale	resbalemos	resbaléis	resbalen
	imperfect (ra)	resbalara	resbalaras	resbalara	resbaláramos	resbalarais	resbalaran
	imperfect (se)	resbalase	resbalases	resbalase	resbalásemos	resbalaseis	resbalasen
	future1	resbalare	resbalares	resbalare	resbaláremos	resbalareis	resbalaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		resbalatú resbalávos	resbale	resbalemos	resbalad	resbalen
	negative		no resbales	no resbale	no resbalemos	no resbaléis	no resbalen

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

    Selected combined forms of resbalar

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 resbalar
	dative	resbalarme	resbalarte	resbalarle, resbalarse	resbalarnos	resbalaros	resbalarles, resbalarse
	accusative	resbalarme	resbalarte	resbalarlo, resbalarla, resbalarse	resbalarnos	resbalaros	resbalarlos, resbalarlas, resbalarse
with gerund resbalando
	dative	resbalándome	resbalándote	resbalándole, resbalándose	resbalándonos	resbalándoos	resbalándoles, resbalándose
	accusative	resbalándome	resbalándote	resbalándolo, resbalándola, resbalándose	resbalándonos	resbalándoos	resbalándolos, resbalándolas, resbalándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative resbala
	dative	resbálame	resbálate	resbálale	resbálanos	not used	resbálales
	accusative	resbálame	resbálate	resbálalo, resbálala	resbálanos	not used	resbálalos, resbálalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative resbalá
	dative	resbalame	resbalate	resbalale	resbalanos	not used	resbalales
	accusative	resbalame	resbalate	resbalalo, resbalala	resbalanos	not used	resbalalos, resbalalas
with formal second-person singular imperative resbale
	dative	resbáleme	not used	resbálele, resbálese	resbálenos	not used	resbáleles
	accusative	resbáleme	not used	resbálelo, resbálela, resbálese	resbálenos	not used	resbálelos, resbálelas
with first-person plural imperative resbalemos
	dative	not used	resbalémoste	resbalémosle	resbalémonos	resbalémoos	resbalémosles
	accusative	not used	resbalémoste	resbalémoslo, resbalémosla	resbalémonos	resbalémoos	resbalémoslos, resbalémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative resbalad
	dative	resbaladme	not used	resbaladle	resbaladnos	resbalaos	resbaladles
	accusative	resbaladme	not used	resbaladlo, resbaladla	resbaladnos	resbalaos	resbaladlos, resbaladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative resbalen
	dative	resbálenme	not used	resbálenle	resbálennos	not used	resbálenles, resbálense
	accusative	resbálenme	not used	resbálenlo, resbálenla	resbálennos	not used	resbálenlos, resbálenlas, resbálense

Derived terms

• resbaladero
• resbaladizo
• resbalador
• resbaladura
• resbalamiento
• resbalera
• resbaloso

 

Descendants

• Portuguese: resvalar

Further reading

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