tremolar
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan tremolar, from Late Latin tremulāre, a verb based on Latin tremulus (“shaking, quivering”), itself an adjective based on tremere (“to shudder”). Compare Occitan tremolar, French trembler, Spanish temblar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /tɾə.moˈla/
- (Central) IPA(key): /tɾə.muˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /tɾe.moˈlaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
tremolar (first-person singular present tremolo, past participle tremolat)
- to tremble; to shake
Conjugation
Conjugation of tremolar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | tremolar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | tremolant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tremolat | tremolada | |||||
| plural | tremolats | tremolades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | tremolo | tremoles | tremola | tremolem | tremoleu | tremolen | |
| imperfect | tremolava | tremolaves | tremolava | tremolàvem | tremolàveu | tremolaven | |
| future | tremolaré | tremolaràs | tremolarà | tremolarem | tremolareu | tremolaran | |
| preterite | tremolí | tremolares | tremolà | tremolàrem | tremolàreu | tremolaren | |
| conditional | tremolaria | tremolaries | tremolaria | tremolaríem | tremolaríeu | tremolarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | tremoli | tremolis | tremoli | tremolem | tremoleu | tremolin | |
| imperfect | tremolés | tremolessis | tremolés | tremoléssim | tremoléssiu | tremolessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | tremola | tremoli | tremolem | tremoleu | tremolin | ||
Derived terms
- tremolament
- tremolejar
Related terms
- tremolor
References
- “tremolar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “tremolar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin tremulāre, a verb based on Latin tremulus (“shaking, quivering”), itself an adjective based on tremere (“to shudder”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
tremolar
- to tremble; to shake
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tremolar | aver tremolat | |||||
| gerund | tremolant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | tremolat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | tremoli | tremolas | tremola | tremolam | tremolatz | tremolan | |
| imperfect | tremolavi | tremolavas | tremolava | tremolàvem | tremolàvetz | tremolavan | |
| preterite | tremolèri | tremolères | tremolèt | tremolèrem | tremolèretz | tremolèron | |
| future | tremolarai | tremolaràs | tremolarà | tremolarem | tremolaretz | tremolaràn | |
| conditional | tremolariái | tremolariás | tremolariá | tremolariam | tremolariatz | tremolarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | tremolèra | tremolèras | tremolèra | tremoleram | tremoleratz | tremolèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | tremole | tremoles | tremole | tremolem | tremoletz | tremolen | |
| imperfect | tremolèssi | tremolèsses | tremolèsse | tremolèssem | tremolèssetz | tremolèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| tremola | tremolem | tremolatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Auvernhàs| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tremolar | aver tremolat | |||||
| gerund | tremolant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | tremolat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | tremole | tremoles | tremola | tremolam | tremolatz | tremolon | |
| imperfect | tremolave | tremolaves | tremolava | tremolaviam | tremolaviatz | tremolavon | |
| preterite | tremolere | tremoleres | tremolet | tremolem | tremoletz | tremoleron | |
| future | tremolarai | tremolaràs | tremolará | tremolarem | tremolaretz | tremolarán | |
| conditional | tremolariá | tremolariás | tremolariá | tremolariam | tremolariatz | tremolarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | tremolèra | tremolèras | tremolèra | tremoleram | tremoleratz | tremolèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | tremole | tremoles | tremole | tremolassiam | tremolassiatz | tremolon | |
| imperfect | tremolesse | tremolesses | tremolesse | tremolessiam | tremolessiatz | tremolesson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| tremola | tremolassiam | tremolatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Gascon| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tremolar | aver tremolat | |||||
| gerund | tremolant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | tremolat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | tremoli | tremolas | tremola | tremolam | tremolatz | tremolan | |
| imperfect | tremolavi | tremolavas | tremolava | tremolàvam | tremolàvatz | tremolavan | |
| preterite | tremolèi | tremolès | tremolè | tremolèm | tremolètz | tremolèn | |
| future | tremolarèi | tremolaràs | tremolarà | tremolaram | tremolaratz | tremolaràn | |
| conditional | tremolarí | tremolarés | tremolaré | tremolarem | tremolaretz | tremolarén | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | tremolèra | tremolèras | tremolèra | tremoleram | tremoleratz | tremolèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | tremoli | tremoles | tremole | tremolem | tremoletz | tremolen | |
| imperfect | tremolèssi | tremolèsses | tremolèsse | tremolèssem | tremolèssetz | tremolèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| tremola | tremolem | tremolatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Lemosin| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tremolar | aver tremolat | |||||
| gerund | tremolant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | tremolat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | tremole | tremolas | tremola | tremolam | tremolatz | tremolan | |
| imperfect | tremolava | tremolavas | tremolava | tremolàvam | tremolàvatz | tremolavan | |
| preterite | tremolei | tremoleras | tremolet | tremolèram | tremolèratz | tremoleran | |
| future | tremolarai | tremolaràs | tremolará | tremolarem | tremolaretz | tremolarán | |
| conditional | tremolariá | tremolariàs | tremolariá | tremolariam | tremolariatz | tremolarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | tremolèra | tremolèras | tremolèra | tremoleram | tremoleratz | tremolèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | tremole | tremoles | tremole | tremolem | tremoletz | tremolen | |
| imperfect | tremolèsse | tremolèsses | tremolèsse | tremolèssem | tremolèssetz | tremolèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| tremola | tremolem | tremolatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Provençau| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tremolar | aver tremolat | |||||
| gerund | tremolant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | tremolat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | tremole | tremoles | tremola | tremolam | tremolatz | tremolan | |
| imperfect | tremolavi | tremolavas | tremolava | tremolàvem | tremolàvetz | tremolavan | |
| preterite | tremolère | tremolères | tremolèt | tremoleriam | tremoleriatz | tremolèron | |
| future | tremolarai | tremolaràs | tremolarà | tremolarem | tremolaretz | tremolaràn | |
| conditional | tremolariáu | tremolariás | tremolariá | tremolariam | tremolariatz | tremolarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | tremolèra | tremolèras | tremolèra | tremoleram | tremoleratz | tremolèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | tremole | tremoles | tremole | tremolem | tremoletz | tremolan | |
| imperfect | tremolèsse | tremolèsses | tremolèsse | tremolessiam | tremolessiatz | tremolèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| tremola | tremolem | tremolatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Spanish
Etymology
Probably taken from Aragonese tremolar, from Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere. Doublet of the inherited Castilian temblar.[1] Compare Catalan tremolar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾemoˈlaɾ/ [t̪ɾe.moˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tre‧mo‧lar
Verb
tremolar (first-person singular present tremolo, first-person singular preterite tremolé, past participle tremolado)
- to sway
- to flutter about
- (transitive) to wave
Conjugation
Conjugation of tremolar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | tremolar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tremolando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tremolado | tremolada | |||||
| plural | tremolados | tremoladas | |||||
| 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 | tremolo | tremolastú tremolásvos | tremola | tremolamos | tremoláis | tremolan | |
| imperfect | tremolaba | tremolabas | tremolaba | tremolábamos | tremolabais | tremolaban | |
| preterite | tremolé | tremolaste | tremoló | tremolamos | tremolasteis | tremolaron | |
| future | tremolaré | tremolarás | tremolará | tremolaremos | tremolaréis | tremolarán | |
| conditional | tremolaría | tremolarías | tremolaría | tremolaríamos | tremolaríais | tremolarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | tremole | tremolestú tremolésvos2 | tremole | tremolemos | tremoléis | tremolen | |
| imperfect (ra) | tremolara | tremolaras | tremolara | tremoláramos | tremolarais | tremolaran | |
| imperfect (se) | tremolase | tremolases | tremolase | tremolásemos | tremolaseis | tremolasen | |
| future1 | tremolare | tremolares | tremolare | tremoláremos | tremolareis | tremolaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | tremolatú tremolávos | tremole | tremolemos | tremolad | tremolen | ||
| negative | no tremoles | no tremole | no tremolemos | no tremoléis | no tremolen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tremolar
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 tremolar | |||||||
| dative | tremolarme | tremolarte | tremolarle, tremolarse | tremolarnos | tremolaros | tremolarles, tremolarse | |
| accusative | tremolarme | tremolarte | tremolarlo, tremolarla, tremolarse | tremolarnos | tremolaros | tremolarlos, tremolarlas, tremolarse | |
| with gerund tremolando | |||||||
| dative | tremolándome | tremolándote | tremolándole, tremolándose | tremolándonos | tremolándoos | tremolándoles, tremolándose | |
| accusative | tremolándome | tremolándote | tremolándolo, tremolándola, tremolándose | tremolándonos | tremolándoos | tremolándolos, tremolándolas, tremolándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative tremola | |||||||
| dative | tremólame | tremólate | tremólale | tremólanos | not used | tremólales | |
| accusative | tremólame | tremólate | tremólalo, tremólala | tremólanos | not used | tremólalos, tremólalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative tremolá | |||||||
| dative | tremolame | tremolate | tremolale | tremolanos | not used | tremolales | |
| accusative | tremolame | tremolate | tremolalo, tremolala | tremolanos | not used | tremolalos, tremolalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative tremole | |||||||
| dative | tremóleme | not used | tremólele, tremólese | tremólenos | not used | tremóleles | |
| accusative | tremóleme | not used | tremólelo, tremólela, tremólese | tremólenos | not used | tremólelos, tremólelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative tremolemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | tremolémoste | tremolémosle | tremolémonos | tremolémoos | tremolémosles | |
| accusative | not used | tremolémoste | tremolémoslo, tremolémosla | tremolémonos | tremolémoos | tremolémoslos, tremolémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative tremolad | |||||||
| dative | tremoladme | not used | tremoladle | tremoladnos | tremolaos | tremoladles | |
| accusative | tremoladme | not used | tremoladlo, tremoladla | tremoladnos | tremolaos | tremoladlos, tremoladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative tremolen | |||||||
| dative | tremólenme | not used | tremólenle | tremólennos | not used | tremólenles, tremólense | |
| accusative | tremólenme | not used | tremólenlo, tremólenla | tremólennos | not used | tremólenlos, tremólenlas, tremólense | |
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983), “temblar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 455
Further reading
- “tremolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014