columpiar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Leonese columbiar, from Ancient Greek κολυμβάω (kolumbáō).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kolumˈpjaɾ/ [ko.lũmˈpjaɾ]

Verb

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  1. to swing
    • (Can we date this quote?), Manuel Acuña, Historia del pensamiento[1]:
      A veces le mandaba sus tímidos olores, / pensando que llegaba hasta su amada flor; / pero la brisa, al columpiar las flores, / llevábase muy lejos la pena de su amor.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, colloquial) blunder, mess up, screw up (make an embarassing mistake)
    Synonyms: meter la pata, equivocarse

Conjugation

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Further reading

References

  1. ^ columpiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014