columbrar

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Spanish

Etymology

From co- +‎ lumbre +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kolumˈbɾaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧lum‧brar

Verb

columbrar (first-person singular present columbro, first-person singular preterite columbré, past participle columbrado)

  1. (transitive) to make out, glimpse (see in the distance)
    • 2015 July 31, “Llanes en 32 playas”, in El País‎:
      Desde la ermita disfrutaremos de un bellísimo ocaso, columbrando, si el día amanece despejado, el Naranjo de Bulnes.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of columbrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive columbrar
gerund columbrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular columbrado columbrada
plural columbrados columbradas
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 columbro columbrastú
columbrásvos 		columbra columbramos columbráis columbran
imperfect columbraba columbrabas columbraba columbrábamos columbrabais columbraban
preterite columbré columbraste columbró columbramos columbrasteis columbraron
future columbraré columbrarás columbrará columbraremos columbraréis columbrarán
conditional columbraría columbrarías columbraría columbraríamos columbraríais columbrarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present columbre columbrestú
columbrésvos2 		columbre columbremos columbréis columbren
imperfect
(ra) 		columbrara columbraras columbrara columbráramos columbrarais columbraran
imperfect
(se) 		columbrase columbrases columbrase columbrásemos columbraseis columbrasen
future1 columbrare columbrares columbrare columbráremos columbrareis columbraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative columbratú
columbrávos 		columbre columbremos columbrad columbren
negative no columbres no columbre no columbremos no columbréis no columbren

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of columbrar

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 columbrar
dative columbrarme columbrarte columbrarle, columbrarse columbrarnos columbraros columbrarles, columbrarse
accusative columbrarme columbrarte columbrarlo, columbrarla, columbrarse columbrarnos columbraros columbrarlos, columbrarlas, columbrarse
with gerund columbrando
dative columbrándome columbrándote columbrándole, columbrándose columbrándonos columbrándoos columbrándoles, columbrándose
accusative columbrándome columbrándote columbrándolo, columbrándola, columbrándose columbrándonos columbrándoos columbrándolos, columbrándolas, columbrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative columbra
dative colúmbrame colúmbrate colúmbrale colúmbranos not used colúmbrales
accusative colúmbrame colúmbrate colúmbralo, colúmbrala colúmbranos not used colúmbralos, colúmbralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative columbrá
dative columbrame columbrate columbrale columbranos not used columbrales
accusative columbrame columbrate columbralo, columbrala columbranos not used columbralos, columbralas
with formal second-person singular imperative columbre
dative colúmbreme not used colúmbrele, colúmbrese colúmbrenos not used colúmbreles
accusative colúmbreme not used colúmbrelo, colúmbrela, colúmbrese colúmbrenos not used colúmbrelos, colúmbrelas
with first-person plural imperative columbremos
dative not used columbrémoste columbrémosle columbrémonos columbrémoos columbrémosles
accusative not used columbrémoste columbrémoslo, columbrémosla columbrémonos columbrémoos columbrémoslos, columbrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative columbrad
dative columbradme not used columbradle columbradnos columbraos columbradles
accusative columbradme not used columbradlo, columbradla columbradnos columbraos columbradlos, columbradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative columbren
dative colúmbrenme not used colúmbrenle colúmbrennos not used colúmbrenles, colúmbrense
accusative colúmbrenme not used colúmbrenlo, colúmbrenla colúmbrennos not used colúmbrenlos, colúmbrenlas, colúmbrense

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