chimba

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃimba/
  • Rhymes: -imba
  • Syllabification: chim‧ba

Noun

chimba f (plural chimbas)

  1. (Colombia, colloquial) enjoyable, pleasurable, attractive thing
    Ese carro está muy chimba. ― That car is very cool.
    El computador que trajo es una chimba. ― The computer he brought is pretty cool.
    • 2023, “QUÉ CHIMBA DE VIDA”, performed by KAROL G:
      Uff, qué chimba de vida / Estoy viviendo la life que quería
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • Equivalent to colloquial English cool. It can be used with the verbs ser and estar (“to be”).

Adverb

chimba

  1. (Colombia, colloquial) properly, pleasantly
    Esta me trata mucho más chimba que la otra.
    This girl treats me way more pleasantly than the other one.

chimbita

Adjective

chimba

  1. feminine singular of chimbo

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-chimba (infinitive kuchimba)

  1. to dig, to excavate
  2. to spy on someone, to cause trouble

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chimba
Positive present -nachimba
Subjunctive -chimbe
Negative -chimbi
Imperative singular chimba
Infinitives
Positive kuchimba
Negative kutochimba
Imperatives
Singular chimba
Plural chimbeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchimba
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichimba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchimba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachimba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachimba/nachimba tunachimba
2nd person unachimba mnachimba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachimba wanachimba
other classes positive subject concord + -nachimba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chimbi)
Singular Plural
1st person sichimbi hatuchimbi
2nd person huchimbi hamchimbi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachimbi hawachimbi
other classes negative subject concord + -chimbi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachimba
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachimba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chimbe)
Singular Plural
1st person nichimbe tuchimbe
2nd person uchimbe mchimbe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achimbe wachimbe
other classes positive subject concord + -chimbe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichimbe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechimba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechimba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichimba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichimba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achimba)
Singular Plural
1st person nachimba twachimba
2nd person wachimba mwachimba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achimba wachimba
m-mi(III/IV) wachimba yachimba
ji-ma(V/VI) lachimba yachimba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachimba vyachimba
n(IX/X) yachimba zachimba
u(XI) wachimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachimba
pa(XVI) pachimba
mu(XVIII) mwachimba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechimba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachimba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachimba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichimba
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochimba
Consecutive kachimba / positive subject concord + -kachimba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachimbe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichimba -tuchimba
2nd person -kuchimba -wachimba/-kuchimbeni/-wachimbeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchimba -wachimba
m-mi(III/IV) -uchimba -ichimba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichimba -yachimba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichimba -vichimba
n(IX/X) -ichimba -zichimba
u(XI) -uchimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchimba
pa(XVI) -pachimba
mu(XVIII) -muchimba
Reflexive -jichimba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chimba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -chimbaye -chimbao
m-mi(III/IV) -chimbao -chimbayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -chimbalo -chimbayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chimbacho -chimbavyo
n(IX/X) -chimbayo -chimbazo
u(XI) -chimbao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -chimbako
pa(XVI) -chimbapo
mu(XVIII) -chimbamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chimba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechimba -ochimba
m-mi(III/IV) -ochimba -yochimba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochimba -yochimba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochimba -vyochimba
n(IX/X) -yochimba -zochimba
u(XI) -ochimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochimba
pa(XVI) -pochimba
mu(XVIII) -mochimba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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