zumbar
Galician
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [θumˈbaɾ]
Verb
zumbar (first-person singular present zumbo, first-person singular preterite zumbei, past participle zumbado)
- to hit repeatedly, to pound
- Cando vaias de parranda / non te esquezas do caneco / bótalle un litro de viño / non che vaia quedar seco / e zúmballe ao caneco... (folk song)
- Whenever you go in a spree / don't forget about your pitcher / put a litre of wine in it / lest it be dry / and hit the pitcher...
- Synonyms: bater, bourar
- (intransitive) to hum; to buzz
- Synonym: zoar
Conjugation
Conjugation of zumbar
singular | plural | |||||
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person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
impersonal | zumbar | |||||
personal | zumbar | zumbares | zumbar | zumbarmos | zumbardes | zumbaren |
Gerund | ||||||
zumbando | ||||||
Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | zumbado | zumbados | ||||
feminine | zumbada | zumbadas | ||||
Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | zumbo | zumbas | zumba | zumbamos | zumbades | zumban |
imperfect | zumbaba | zumbabas | zumbaba | zumbabamos | zumbabades | zumbaban |
preterite | zumbei | zumbaches | zumbou | zumbamos | zumbastes | zumbaron |
pluperfect | zumbara | zumbaras | zumbara | zumbaramos | zumbarades | zumbaran |
future | zumbarei | zumbarás | zumbará | zumbaremos | zumbaredes | zumbarán |
conditional | zumbaría | zumbarías | zumbaría | zumbariamos | zumbariades | zumbarían |
Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | zumbe | zumbes | zumbe | zumbemos | zumbedes | zumben |
preterite | zumbase | zumbases | zumbase | zumbásemos | zumbásedes | zumbasen |
future | zumbar | zumbares | zumbar | zumbarmos | zumbardes | zumbaren |
Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
affirmative | – | zumba | zumbe | zumbemos | zumbade | zumben |
negative | – | zumbes | zumbe | zumbemos | zumbedes | zumben |
References
- “zumbar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “zumbar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “zumbar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Portuguese zombar, French vrombir.
Verb
zumbar (first-person singular present zumbo, first-person singular preterite zumbé, past participle zumbado)
- (intransitive) to hum; to buzz
- Synonym: zurriar
- (transitive) to hit
- (transitive) to mock
- (colloquial) to screw, shag (have sex)
Conjugation
Conjugation of zumbar (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 zumbes | no zumbe | no zumbemos | no zumbéis | no zumben |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of zumbar
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 | , , |
Derived terms
- zumbador
- zumbársela
Related terms
- zumba
- zumbado (“loony”)
- zumbante
- zumbón
Further reading
- “zumbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014