chambear

Spanish

Etymology

From chamba (“job”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃambeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃãm.beˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cham‧be‧ar

Verb

chambear (first-person singular present chambeo, first-person singular preterite chambeé, past participle chambeado)

  1. (intransitive, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru) to work
    Synonyms: trabajar; see also Thesaurus:trabajar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of chambear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive chambear
gerund chambeando
past participle masculine feminine
singular chambeado chambeada
plural chambeados chambeadas
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 chambeo chambeastú
chambeásvos		 chambea chambeamos chambeáis chambean
imperfect chambeaba chambeabas chambeaba chambeábamos chambeabais chambeaban
preterite chambeé chambeaste chambeó chambeamos chambeasteis chambearon
future chambearé chambearás chambeará chambearemos chambearéis chambearán
conditional chambearía chambearías chambearía chambearíamos chambearíais chambearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present chambee chambeestú
chambeésvos2		 chambee chambeemos chambeéis chambeen
imperfect
(ra)		 chambeara chambearas chambeara chambeáramos chambearais chambearan
imperfect
(se)		 chambease chambeases chambease chambeásemos chambeaseis chambeasen
future1 chambeare chambeares chambeare chambeáremos chambeareis chambearen
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative chambeatú
chambeávos		 chambee chambeemos chambead chambeen
negative no chambees no chambee no chambeemos no chambeéis no chambeen

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

Derived terms
  • chambeador m

Further reading
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