culebrear

Spanish

Etymology

From culebra +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kulebɾeˈaɾ/ [ku.le.β̞ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cu‧le‧bre‧ar

Verb

culebrear (first-person singular present culebreo, first-person singular preterite culebreé, past participle culebreado)

1. to wiggle, slither

   Synonym: serpentear

2. to meander
3. to zigzag

Conjugation

    Conjugation of culebrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			culebrear
gerund			culebreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		culebreado		culebreada
		plural		culebreados		culebreadas
		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	culebreo	culebreastú culebreásvos	culebrea	culebreamos	culebreáis	culebrean
	imperfect	culebreaba	culebreabas	culebreaba	culebreábamos	culebreabais	culebreaban
	preterite	culebreé	culebreaste	culebreó	culebreamos	culebreasteis	culebrearon
	future	culebrearé	culebrearás	culebreará	culebrearemos	culebrearéis	culebrearán
	conditional	culebrearía	culebrearías	culebrearía	culebrearíamos	culebrearíais	culebrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	culebree	culebreestú culebreésvos2	culebree	culebreemos	culebreéis	culebreen
	imperfect (ra)	culebreara	culebrearas	culebreara	culebreáramos	culebrearais	culebrearan
	imperfect (se)	culebrease	culebreases	culebrease	culebreásemos	culebreaseis	culebreasen
	future1	culebreare	culebreares	culebreare	culebreáremos	culebreareis	culebrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		culebreatú culebreávos	culebree	culebreemos	culebread	culebreen
	negative		no culebrees	no culebree	no culebreemos	no culebreéis	no culebreen

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

    Selected combined forms of culebrear

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 culebrear	dative	culebrearme	culebrearte	culebrearle, culebrearse	culebrearnos	culebrearos	culebrearles, culebrearse
	accusative	culebrearme	culebrearte	culebrearlo, culebrearla, culebrearse	culebrearnos	culebrearos	culebrearlos, culebrearlas, culebrearse
with gerund culebreando	dative	culebreándome	culebreándote	culebreándole, culebreándose	culebreándonos	culebreándoos	culebreándoles, culebreándose
	accusative	culebreándome	culebreándote	culebreándolo, culebreándola, culebreándose	culebreándonos	culebreándoos	culebreándolos, culebreándolas, culebreándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative culebrea	dative	culebréame	culebréate	culebréale	culebréanos	not used	culebréales
	accusative	culebréame	culebréate	culebréalo, culebréala	culebréanos	not used	culebréalos, culebréalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative culebreá	dative	culebreame	culebreate	culebreale	culebreanos	not used	culebreales
	accusative	culebreame	culebreate	culebrealo, culebreala	culebreanos	not used	culebrealos, culebrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative culebree	dative	culebréeme	not used	culebréele, culebréese	culebréenos	not used	culebréeles
	accusative	culebréeme	not used	culebréelo, culebréela, culebréese	culebréenos	not used	culebréelos, culebréelas
with first-person plural imperative culebreemos	dative	not used	culebreémoste	culebreémosle	culebreémonos	culebreémoos	culebreémosles
	accusative	not used	culebreémoste	culebreémoslo, culebreémosla	culebreémonos	culebreémoos	culebreémoslos, culebreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative culebread	dative	culebreadme	not used	culebreadle	culebreadnos	culebreaos	culebreadles
	accusative	culebreadme	not used	culebreadlo, culebreadla	culebreadnos	culebreaos	culebreadlos, culebreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative culebreen	dative	culebréenme	not used	culebréenle	culebréennos	not used	culebréenles, culebréense
	accusative	culebréenme	not used	culebréenlo, culebréenla	culebréennos	not used	culebréenlos, culebréenlas, culebréense

Derived terms

• culebreo

Further reading

• “culebrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024