culebrear

Spanish

Etymology

From culebra +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kulebɾeˈaɾ/ [ku.le.β̞ɾeˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cu‧le‧bre‧ar

Verb

culebrear (first-person singular present culebreo, first-person singular preterite culebreé, past participle culebreado)

  1. to wiggle, slither
    Synonym: serpentear
  2. to meander
  3. to zigzag

Conjugation
    Conjugation of culebrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive culebrear
gerund culebreando
past participle masculine feminine
singular culebreado culebreada
plural culebreados culebreadas
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 culebreo culebreastú
culebreásvos		 culebrea culebreamos culebreáis culebrean
imperfect culebreaba culebreabas culebreaba culebreábamos culebreabais culebreaban
preterite culebreé culebreaste culebreó culebreamos culebreasteis culebrearon
future culebrearé culebrearás culebreará culebrearemos culebrearéis culebrearán
conditional culebrearía culebrearías culebrearía culebrearíamos culebrearíais culebrearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present culebree culebreestú
culebreésvos2		 culebree culebreemos culebreéis culebreen
imperfect
(ra)		 culebreara culebrearas culebreara culebreáramos culebrearais culebrearan
imperfect
(se)		 culebrease culebreases culebrease culebreásemos culebreaseis culebreasen
future1 culebreare culebreares culebreare culebreáremos culebreareis culebrearen
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative culebreatú
culebreávos		 culebree culebreemos culebread culebreen
negative no culebrees no culebree no culebreemos no culebreéis no culebreen

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

    Selected combined forms of culebrear

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 culebrear
dative culebrearme culebrearte culebrearle, culebrearse culebrearnos culebrearos culebrearles, culebrearse
accusative culebrearme culebrearte culebrearlo, culebrearla, culebrearse culebrearnos culebrearos culebrearlos, culebrearlas, culebrearse
with gerund culebreando
dative culebreándome culebreándote culebreándole, culebreándose culebreándonos culebreándoos culebreándoles, culebreándose
accusative culebreándome culebreándote culebreándolo, culebreándola, culebreándose culebreándonos culebreándoos culebreándolos, culebreándolas, culebreándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative culebrea
dative culebréame culebréate culebréale culebréanos not used culebréales
accusative culebréame culebréate culebréalo, culebréala culebréanos not used culebréalos, culebréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative culebreá
dative culebreame culebreate culebreale culebreanos not used culebreales
accusative culebreame culebreate culebrealo, culebreala culebreanos not used culebrealos, culebrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative culebree
dative culebréeme not used culebréele, culebréese culebréenos not used culebréeles
accusative culebréeme not used culebréelo, culebréela, culebréese culebréenos not used culebréelos, culebréelas
with first-person plural imperative culebreemos
dative not used culebreémoste culebreémosle culebreémonos culebreémoos culebreémosles
accusative not used culebreémoste culebreémoslo, culebreémosla culebreémonos culebreémoos culebreémoslos, culebreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative culebread
dative culebreadme not used culebreadle culebreadnos culebreaos culebreadles
accusative culebreadme not used culebreadlo, culebreadla culebreadnos culebreaos culebreadlos, culebreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative culebreen
dative culebréenme not used culebréenle culebréennos not used culebréenles, culebréense
accusative culebréenme not used culebréenlo, culebréenla culebréennos not used culebréenlos, culebréenlas, culebréense

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