jimar

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl xima + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xiˈmaɾ/ [xiˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ji‧mar

Verb

jimar (first-person singular present jimo, first-person singular preterite jimé, past participle jimado)

1. (Mexico) to harvest and process agave to make mezcal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jimar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			jimar
gerund			jimando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jimado		jimada
		plural		jimados		jimadas
		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	jimo	jimastú jimásvos	jima	jimamos	jimáis	jiman
	imperfect	jimaba	jimabas	jimaba	jimábamos	jimabais	jimaban
	preterite	jimé	jimaste	jimó	jimamos	jimasteis	jimaron
	future	jimaré	jimarás	jimará	jimaremos	jimaréis	jimarán
	conditional	jimaría	jimarías	jimaría	jimaríamos	jimaríais	jimarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jime	jimestú jimésvos2	jime	jimemos	jiméis	jimen
	imperfect (ra)	jimara	jimaras	jimara	jimáramos	jimarais	jimaran
	imperfect (se)	jimase	jimases	jimase	jimásemos	jimaseis	jimasen
	future1	jimare	jimares	jimare	jimáremos	jimareis	jimaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jimatú jimávos	jime	jimemos	jimad	jimen
	negative		no jimes	no jime	no jimemos	no jiméis	no jimen

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

    Selected combined forms of jimar

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 jimar	dative	jimarme	jimarte	jimarle, jimarse	jimarnos	jimaros	jimarles, jimarse
	accusative	jimarme	jimarte	jimarlo, jimarla, jimarse	jimarnos	jimaros	jimarlos, jimarlas, jimarse
with gerund jimando	dative	jimándome	jimándote	jimándole, jimándose	jimándonos	jimándoos	jimándoles, jimándose
	accusative	jimándome	jimándote	jimándolo, jimándola, jimándose	jimándonos	jimándoos	jimándolos, jimándolas, jimándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative jima	dative	jímame	jímate	jímale	jímanos	not used	jímales
	accusative	jímame	jímate	jímalo, jímala	jímanos	not used	jímalos, jímalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative jimá	dative	jimame	jimate	jimale	jimanos	not used	jimales
	accusative	jimame	jimate	jimalo, jimala	jimanos	not used	jimalos, jimalas
with formal second-person singular imperative jime	dative	jímeme	not used	jímele, jímese	jímenos	not used	jímeles
	accusative	jímeme	not used	jímelo, jímela, jímese	jímenos	not used	jímelos, jímelas
with first-person plural imperative jimemos	dative	not used	jimémoste	jimémosle	jimémonos	jimémoos	jimémosles
	accusative	not used	jimémoste	jimémoslo, jimémosla	jimémonos	jimémoos	jimémoslos, jimémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative jimad	dative	jimadme	not used	jimadle	jimadnos	jimaos	jimadles
	accusative	jimadme	not used	jimadlo, jimadla	jimadnos	jimaos	jimadlos, jimadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative jimen	dative	jímenme	not used	jímenle	jímennos	not used	jímenles, jímense
	accusative	jímenme	not used	jímenlo, jímenla	jímennos	not used	jímenlos, jímenlas, jímense

Derived terms

• jima
• jimador
• jimadora

Further reading

• “jimar”, 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