timbrar

Portuguese

Etymology

From timbre +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃĩˈbɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃĩˈbɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈbɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃĩˈbɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈbɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tĩˈbɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tĩˈbɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tĩˈbɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: tim‧brar

Verb

timbrar (first-person singular present timbro, first-person singular preterite timbrei, past participle timbrado)

1. (transitive) stamp (give an official marking to)

   Synonyms: carimbar, estampar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of timbrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	timbrar
Personal	timbrar	timbrares	timbrar	timbrarmos	timbrardes	timbrarem
Gerund
	timbrando
Past participle
Masculine	timbrado			timbrados
Feminine	timbrada			timbradas
Indicative
Present	timbro	timbras	timbra	timbramos	timbrais	timbram
Imperfect	timbrava	timbravas	timbrava	timbrávamos	timbráveis	timbravam
Preterite	timbrei	timbraste	timbrou	timbramos1, timbrámos2	timbrastes	timbraram
Pluperfect	timbrara	timbraras	timbrara	timbráramos	timbráreis	timbraram
Future	timbrarei	timbrarás	timbrará	timbraremos	timbrareis	timbrarão
Conditional	timbraria	timbrarias	timbraria	timbraríamos	timbraríeis	timbrariam
Subjunctive
Present	timbre	timbres	timbre	timbremos	timbreis	timbrem
Imperfect	timbrasse	timbrasses	timbrasse	timbrássemos	timbrásseis	timbrassem
Future	timbrar	timbrares	timbrar	timbrarmos	timbrardes	timbrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		timbra	timbre	timbremos	timbrai	timbrem
Negative (não)		não timbres	não timbre	não timbremos	não timbreis	não timbrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “timbrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “timbrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From timbre +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /timˈbɾaɾ/ [t̪ĩmˈbɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tim‧brar

Verb

timbrar (first-person singular present timbro, first-person singular preterite timbré, past participle timbrado)

1. to ring, to make sound a ring
2. to stamp

   Synonyms: sellar, estampar

3. to postmark
4. to seal

   Synonym: sellar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of timbrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			timbrar
gerund			timbrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		timbrado		timbrada
		plural		timbrados		timbradas
		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	timbro	timbrastú timbrásvos	timbra	timbramos	timbráis	timbran
	imperfect	timbraba	timbrabas	timbraba	timbrábamos	timbrabais	timbraban
	preterite	timbré	timbraste	timbró	timbramos	timbrasteis	timbraron
	future	timbraré	timbrarás	timbrará	timbraremos	timbraréis	timbrarán
	conditional	timbraría	timbrarías	timbraría	timbraríamos	timbraríais	timbrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	timbre	timbrestú timbrésvos2	timbre	timbremos	timbréis	timbren
	imperfect (ra)	timbrara	timbraras	timbrara	timbráramos	timbrarais	timbraran
	imperfect (se)	timbrase	timbrases	timbrase	timbrásemos	timbraseis	timbrasen
	future1	timbrare	timbrares	timbrare	timbráremos	timbrareis	timbraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		timbratú timbrávos	timbre	timbremos	timbrad	timbren
	negative		no timbres	no timbre	no timbremos	no timbréis	no timbren

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

    Selected combined forms of timbrar

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 timbrar	dative	timbrarme	timbrarte	timbrarle, timbrarse	timbrarnos	timbraros	timbrarles, timbrarse
	accusative	timbrarme	timbrarte	timbrarlo, timbrarla, timbrarse	timbrarnos	timbraros	timbrarlos, timbrarlas, timbrarse
with gerund timbrando	dative	timbrándome	timbrándote	timbrándole, timbrándose	timbrándonos	timbrándoos	timbrándoles, timbrándose
	accusative	timbrándome	timbrándote	timbrándolo, timbrándola, timbrándose	timbrándonos	timbrándoos	timbrándolos, timbrándolas, timbrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative timbra	dative	tímbrame	tímbrate	tímbrale	tímbranos	not used	tímbrales
	accusative	tímbrame	tímbrate	tímbralo, tímbrala	tímbranos	not used	tímbralos, tímbralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative timbrá	dative	timbrame	timbrate	timbrale	timbranos	not used	timbrales
	accusative	timbrame	timbrate	timbralo, timbrala	timbranos	not used	timbralos, timbralas
with formal second-person singular imperative timbre	dative	tímbreme	not used	tímbrele, tímbrese	tímbrenos	not used	tímbreles
	accusative	tímbreme	not used	tímbrelo, tímbrela, tímbrese	tímbrenos	not used	tímbrelos, tímbrelas
with first-person plural imperative timbremos	dative	not used	timbrémoste	timbrémosle	timbrémonos	timbrémoos	timbrémosles
	accusative	not used	timbrémoste	timbrémoslo, timbrémosla	timbrémonos	timbrémoos	timbrémoslos, timbrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative timbrad	dative	timbradme	not used	timbradle	timbradnos	timbraos	timbradles
	accusative	timbradme	not used	timbradlo, timbradla	timbradnos	timbraos	timbradlos, timbradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative timbren	dative	tímbrenme	not used	tímbrenle	tímbrennos	not used	tímbrenles, tímbrense
	accusative	tímbrenme	not used	tímbrenlo, tímbrenla	tímbrennos	not used	tímbrenlos, tímbrenlas, tímbrense

Related terms

• timbre

Further reading

• “timbrar”, 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