bambolear

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.bo.leˈa(ʁ)/ [bɐ̃.bo.leˈa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.bo.leˈa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.bo.leˈa(ʁ)/ [bɐ̃.bo.leˈa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.bo.leˈa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.buˈljaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ̃.buˈlja.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: bam‧bo‧le‧ar

Verb

bambolear (first-person singular present bamboleio, first-person singular preterite bamboleei, past participle bamboleado)

  1. to waddle

Conjugation
    Conjugation of bambolear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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 bambolear
Personal bambolear bamboleares bambolear bambolearmos bamboleardes bambolearem
Gerund
bamboleando
Past participle
Masculine bamboleado bamboleados
Feminine bamboleada bamboleadas
Indicative
Present bamboleio bamboleias bamboleia bamboleamos bamboleais bamboleiam
Imperfect bamboleava bamboleavas bamboleava bamboleávamos bamboleáveis bamboleavam
Preterite bamboleei bamboleaste bamboleou bamboleamos1, bamboleámos2 bamboleastes bambolearam
Pluperfect bamboleara bambolearas bamboleara bamboleáramos bamboleáreis bambolearam
Future bambolearei bambolearás bamboleará bambolearemos bamboleareis bambolearão
Conditional bambolearia bambolearias bambolearia bambolearíamos bambolearíeis bamboleariam
Subjunctive
Present bamboleie bamboleies bamboleie bamboleemos bamboleeis bamboleiem
Imperfect bamboleasse bamboleasses bamboleasse bamboleássemos bamboleásseis bamboleassem
Future bambolear bamboleares bambolear bambolearmos bamboleardes bambolearem
Imperative
Affirmative bamboleia bamboleie bamboleemos bamboleai bamboleiem
Negative (não) não bamboleies não bamboleie não bamboleemos não bamboleeis não bamboleiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of sound-symbolic origin, possibly via Late Latin *bambalare (“to swing, sway, shake”); compare Portuguese bambolear (“to wobble, waddle”), Norman bamboler and Walloon bamber (“to shake one's head”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bamboleˈaɾ/ [bãm.bo.leˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bam‧bo‧le‧ar

Verb

bambolear (first-person singular present bamboleo, first-person singular preterite bamboleé, past participle bamboleado)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to sway, wobble
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to swing, oscillate

Conjugation
    Conjugation of bambolear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive bambolear
gerund bamboleando
past participle masculine feminine
singular bamboleado bamboleada
plural bamboleados bamboleadas
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 bamboleo bamboleastú
bamboleásvos		 bambolea bamboleamos bamboleáis bambolean
imperfect bamboleaba bamboleabas bamboleaba bamboleábamos bamboleabais bamboleaban
preterite bamboleé bamboleaste bamboleó bamboleamos bamboleasteis bambolearon
future bambolearé bambolearás bamboleará bambolearemos bambolearéis bambolearán
conditional bambolearía bambolearías bambolearía bambolearíamos bambolearíais bambolearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bambolee bamboleestú
bamboleésvos2		 bambolee bamboleemos bamboleéis bamboleen
imperfect
(ra)		 bamboleara bambolearas bamboleara bamboleáramos bambolearais bambolearan
imperfect
(se)		 bambolease bamboleases bambolease bamboleásemos bamboleaseis bamboleasen
future1 bamboleare bamboleares bamboleare bamboleáremos bamboleareis bambolearen
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative bamboleatú
bamboleávos		 bambolee bamboleemos bambolead bamboleen
negative no bambolees no bambolee no bamboleemos no bamboleéis no bamboleen

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

    Selected combined forms of bambolear

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 bambolear
dative bambolearme bambolearte bambolearle, bambolearse bambolearnos bambolearos bambolearles, bambolearse
accusative bambolearme bambolearte bambolearlo, bambolearla, bambolearse bambolearnos bambolearos bambolearlos, bambolearlas, bambolearse
with gerund bamboleando
dative bamboleándome bamboleándote bamboleándole, bamboleándose bamboleándonos bamboleándoos bamboleándoles, bamboleándose
accusative bamboleándome bamboleándote bamboleándolo, bamboleándola, bamboleándose bamboleándonos bamboleándoos bamboleándolos, bamboleándolas, bamboleándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bambolea
dative bamboléame bamboléate bamboléale bamboléanos not used bamboléales
accusative bamboléame bamboléate bamboléalo, bamboléala bamboléanos not used bamboléalos, bamboléalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bamboleá
dative bamboleame bamboleate bamboleale bamboleanos not used bamboleales
accusative bamboleame bamboleate bambolealo, bamboleala bamboleanos not used bambolealos, bambolealas
with formal second-person singular imperative bambolee
dative bamboléeme not used bamboléele, bamboléese bamboléenos not used bamboléeles
accusative bamboléeme not used bamboléelo, bamboléela, bamboléese bamboléenos not used bamboléelos, bamboléelas
with first-person plural imperative bamboleemos
dative not used bamboleémoste bamboleémosle bamboleémonos bamboleémoos bamboleémosles
accusative not used bamboleémoste bamboleémoslo, bamboleémosla bamboleémonos bamboleémoos bamboleémoslos, bamboleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bambolead
dative bamboleadme not used bamboleadle bamboleadnos bamboleaos bamboleadles
accusative bamboleadme not used bamboleadlo, bamboleadla bamboleadnos bamboleaos bamboleadlos, bamboleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bamboleen
dative bamboléenme not used bamboléenle bamboléennos not used bamboléenles, bamboléense
accusative bamboléenme not used bamboléenlo, bamboléenla bamboléennos not used bamboléenlos, bamboléenlas, bamboléense

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “bambolear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Carnoy, Albert J. (1917) “Apophony and Rhyme Words in Vulgar Latin Onomatopoeias”, in American Journal of Philology, volume 38, number 3 (No. 151), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, →JSTOR, § 9. *bombus, *bambus, *bimbus, page 271 of 265–284: “*bambalare”
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