abombar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abomˈbaɾ/ [a.β̞õmˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bom‧bar

Etymology 1

From a- +‎ bombo +‎ -ar.

Verb

abombar (first-person singular present abombo, first-person singular preterite abombé, past participle abombado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to stun
2. (reflexive, of food) to go bad, to spoil

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abombar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abombar
gerund			abombando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abombado		abombada
		plural		abombados		abombadas
		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	abombo	abombastú abombásvos	abomba	abombamos	abombáis	abomban
	imperfect	abombaba	abombabas	abombaba	abombábamos	abombabais	abombaban
	preterite	abombé	abombaste	abombó	abombamos	abombasteis	abombaron
	future	abombaré	abombarás	abombará	abombaremos	abombaréis	abombarán
	conditional	abombaría	abombarías	abombaría	abombaríamos	abombaríais	abombarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abombe	abombestú abombésvos2	abombe	abombemos	abombéis	abomben
	imperfect (ra)	abombara	abombaras	abombara	abombáramos	abombarais	abombaran
	imperfect (se)	abombase	abombases	abombase	abombásemos	abombaseis	abombasen
	future1	abombare	abombares	abombare	abombáremos	abombareis	abombaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abombatú abombávos	abombe	abombemos	abombad	abomben
	negative		no abombes	no abombe	no abombemos	no abombéis	no abomben

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Etymology 2

From a- +‎ bomba +‎ -ar.

Verb

abombar (first-person singular present abombo, first-person singular preterite abombé, past participle abombado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to make round or convex; to bloat; to bulge
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Era alto y enjuto. Sobre la abombada frente, manchada de pecas, los lustrosos cabellos negros se ondulaban señorilmente.

     He was tall and skinny. His lustrous black hair waved majestically over his bulging, freckled forehead.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abombar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abombar
gerund			abombando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abombado		abombada
		plural		abombados		abombadas
		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	abombo	abombastú abombásvos	abomba	abombamos	abombáis	abomban
	imperfect	abombaba	abombabas	abombaba	abombábamos	abombabais	abombaban
	preterite	abombé	abombaste	abombó	abombamos	abombasteis	abombaron
	future	abombaré	abombarás	abombará	abombaremos	abombaréis	abombarán
	conditional	abombaría	abombarías	abombaría	abombaríamos	abombaríais	abombarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abombe	abombestú abombésvos2	abombe	abombemos	abombéis	abomben
	imperfect (ra)	abombara	abombaras	abombara	abombáramos	abombarais	abombaran
	imperfect (se)	abombase	abombases	abombase	abombásemos	abombaseis	abombasen
	future1	abombare	abombares	abombare	abombáremos	abombareis	abombaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abombatú abombávos	abombe	abombemos	abombad	abomben
	negative		no abombes	no abombe	no abombemos	no abombéis	no abomben

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• abombamiento
• abombarse

Further reading

• “abombar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “abombar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010