cimbrar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cimblar (Asturias, Salamanca)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θimˈbɾaɾ/ [θĩmˈbɾaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /simˈbɾaɾ/ [sĩmˈbɾaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cim‧brar

Verb

cimbrar (first-person singular present cimbro, first-person singular preterite cimbré, past participle cimbrado)

1. to swing; to shake (a stick or a club)

   Synonym: cimbrear

2. to bend
3. to rock; to sway, to swing

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cimbrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cimbrar
gerund			cimbrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cimbrado		cimbrada
		plural		cimbrados		cimbradas
		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	cimbro	cimbrastú cimbrásvos	cimbra	cimbramos	cimbráis	cimbran
	imperfect	cimbraba	cimbrabas	cimbraba	cimbrábamos	cimbrabais	cimbraban
	preterite	cimbré	cimbraste	cimbró	cimbramos	cimbrasteis	cimbraron
	future	cimbraré	cimbrarás	cimbrará	cimbraremos	cimbraréis	cimbrarán
	conditional	cimbraría	cimbrarías	cimbraría	cimbraríamos	cimbraríais	cimbrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cimbre	cimbrestú cimbrésvos2	cimbre	cimbremos	cimbréis	cimbren
	imperfect (ra)	cimbrara	cimbraras	cimbrara	cimbráramos	cimbrarais	cimbraran
	imperfect (se)	cimbrase	cimbrases	cimbrase	cimbrásemos	cimbraseis	cimbrasen
	future1	cimbrare	cimbrares	cimbrare	cimbráremos	cimbrareis	cimbraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cimbratú cimbrávos	cimbre	cimbremos	cimbrad	cimbren
	negative		no cimbres	no cimbre	no cimbremos	no cimbréis	no cimbren

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

    Selected combined forms of cimbrar

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 cimbrar	dative	cimbrarme	cimbrarte	cimbrarle, cimbrarse	cimbrarnos	cimbraros	cimbrarles, cimbrarse
	accusative	cimbrarme	cimbrarte	cimbrarlo, cimbrarla, cimbrarse	cimbrarnos	cimbraros	cimbrarlos, cimbrarlas, cimbrarse
with gerund cimbrando	dative	cimbrándome	cimbrándote	cimbrándole, cimbrándose	cimbrándonos	cimbrándoos	cimbrándoles, cimbrándose
	accusative	cimbrándome	cimbrándote	cimbrándolo, cimbrándola, cimbrándose	cimbrándonos	cimbrándoos	cimbrándolos, cimbrándolas, cimbrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cimbra	dative	címbrame	címbrate	címbrale	címbranos	not used	címbrales
	accusative	címbrame	címbrate	címbralo, címbrala	címbranos	not used	címbralos, címbralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cimbrá	dative	cimbrame	cimbrate	cimbrale	cimbranos	not used	cimbrales
	accusative	cimbrame	cimbrate	cimbralo, cimbrala	cimbranos	not used	cimbralos, cimbralas
with formal second-person singular imperative cimbre	dative	címbreme	not used	címbrele, címbrese	címbrenos	not used	címbreles
	accusative	címbreme	not used	címbrelo, címbrela, címbrese	címbrenos	not used	címbrelos, címbrelas
with first-person plural imperative cimbremos	dative	not used	cimbrémoste	cimbrémosle	cimbrémonos	cimbrémoos	cimbrémosles
	accusative	not used	cimbrémoste	cimbrémoslo, cimbrémosla	cimbrémonos	cimbrémoos	cimbrémoslos, cimbrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cimbrad	dative	cimbradme	not used	cimbradle	cimbradnos	cimbraos	cimbradles
	accusative	cimbradme	not used	cimbradlo, cimbradla	cimbradnos	cimbraos	cimbradlos, cimbradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cimbren	dative	címbrenme	not used	címbrenle	címbrennos	not used	címbrenles, címbrense
	accusative	címbrenme	not used	címbrenlo, címbrenla	címbrennos	not used	címbrenlos, címbrenlas, címbrense

Further reading

• “cimbrar”, 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