zumbar

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [θumˈbaɾ]

Verb

1. to hit repeatedly, to pound

   Cando vaias de parranda / non te esquezas do caneco / bótalle un litro de viño / non che vaia quedar seco / e zúmballe ao caneco... (folk song)

   Whenever you go in a spree / don't forget about your pitcher / put a litre of wine in it / lest it be dry / and hit the pitcher...

   Synonyms: bater, bourar

2. (intransitive) to hum; to buzz

   Synonym: zoar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zumbar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “zumbar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zumbar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Portuguese zombar, French vrombir.

Verb

zumbar (first-person singular present zumbo, first-person singular preterite zumbé, past participle zumbado)

1. (intransitive) to hum; to buzz

   Synonym: zurriar

2. (transitive) to hit
3. (transitive) to mock
4. (colloquial) to screw, shag (have sex)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zumbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			zumbar
gerund			zumbando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zumbado		zumbada
		plural		zumbados		zumbadas
		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	zumbo	zumbastú zumbásvos	zumba	zumbamos	zumbáis	zumban
	imperfect	zumbaba	zumbabas	zumbaba	zumbábamos	zumbabais	zumbaban
	preterite	zumbé	zumbaste	zumbó	zumbamos	zumbasteis	zumbaron
	future	zumbaré	zumbarás	zumbará	zumbaremos	zumbaréis	zumbarán
	conditional	zumbaría	zumbarías	zumbaría	zumbaríamos	zumbaríais	zumbarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zumbe	zumbestú zumbésvos2	zumbe	zumbemos	zumbéis	zumben
	imperfect (ra)	zumbara	zumbaras	zumbara	zumbáramos	zumbarais	zumbaran
	imperfect (se)	zumbase	zumbases	zumbase	zumbásemos	zumbaseis	zumbasen
	future1	zumbare	zumbares	zumbare	zumbáremos	zumbareis	zumbaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zumbatú zumbávos	zumbe	zumbemos	zumbad	zumben
	negative		no zumbes	no zumbe	no zumbemos	no zumbéis	no zumben

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

    Selected combined forms of zumbar

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 zumbar
	dative	zumbarme	zumbarte	zumbarle, zumbarse	zumbarnos	zumbaros	zumbarles, zumbarse
	accusative	zumbarme	zumbarte	zumbarlo, zumbarla, zumbarse	zumbarnos	zumbaros	zumbarlos, zumbarlas, zumbarse
with gerund zumbando
	dative	zumbándome	zumbándote	zumbándole, zumbándose	zumbándonos	zumbándoos	zumbándoles, zumbándose
	accusative	zumbándome	zumbándote	zumbándolo, zumbándola, zumbándose	zumbándonos	zumbándoos	zumbándolos, zumbándolas, zumbándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative zumba
	dative	zúmbame	zúmbate	zúmbale	zúmbanos	not used	zúmbales
	accusative	zúmbame	zúmbate	zúmbalo, zúmbala	zúmbanos	not used	zúmbalos, zúmbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative zumbá
	dative	zumbame	zumbate	zumbale	zumbanos	not used	zumbales
	accusative	zumbame	zumbate	zumbalo, zumbala	zumbanos	not used	zumbalos, zumbalas
with formal second-person singular imperative zumbe
	dative	zúmbeme	not used	zúmbele, zúmbese	zúmbenos	not used	zúmbeles
	accusative	zúmbeme	not used	zúmbelo, zúmbela, zúmbese	zúmbenos	not used	zúmbelos, zúmbelas
with first-person plural imperative zumbemos
	dative	not used	zumbémoste	zumbémosle	zumbémonos	zumbémoos	zumbémosles
	accusative	not used	zumbémoste	zumbémoslo, zumbémosla	zumbémonos	zumbémoos	zumbémoslos, zumbémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative zumbad
	dative	zumbadme	not used	zumbadle	zumbadnos	zumbaos	zumbadles
	accusative	zumbadme	not used	zumbadlo, zumbadla	zumbadnos	zumbaos	zumbadlos, zumbadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative zumben
	dative	zúmbenme	not used	zúmbenle	zúmbennos	not used	zúmbenles, zúmbense
	accusative	zúmbenme	not used	zúmbenlo, zúmbenla	zúmbennos	not used	zúmbenlos, zúmbenlas, zúmbense

Derived terms

• zumbársela

 

Related terms

• zumbado (“loony”)
• zumba
• zumbón

Further reading

• “zumbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014