deambular

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [de.əm.buˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [de.am.buˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: de‧am‧bu‧lar

Verb

deambular (first-person singular present deambulo, first-person singular preterite deambulí, past participle deambulat)

1. (intransitive) to wander

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deambular (first conjugation)

infinitive			deambular
gerund			deambulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deambulat		deambulada
		plural		deambulats		deambulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	deambulo	deambules	deambula	deambulem	deambuleu	deambulen
	imperfect	deambulava	deambulaves	deambulava	deambulàvem	deambulàveu	deambulaven
	future	deambularé	deambularàs	deambularà	deambularem	deambulareu	deambularan
	preterite	deambulí	deambulares	deambulà	deambulàrem	deambulàreu	deambularen
	conditional	deambularia	deambularies	deambularia	deambularíem	deambularíeu	deambularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	deambuli	deambulis	deambuli	deambulem	deambuleu	deambulin
	imperfect	deambulés	deambulessis	deambulés	deambuléssim	deambuléssiu	deambulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	deambula	deambuli	deambulem	deambuleu	deambulin
	negative (no)	—	no deambulis	no deambuli	no deambulem	no deambuleu	no deambulin

Further reading

• “deambular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “deambular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “deambular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “deambular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deambulāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ɐ̃.buˈla(ʁ)/ [de.ɐ̃.buˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ɐ̃.buˈla(ʁ)/ [de.ɐ̃.buˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.ɐ̃.buˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.ɐ̃.buˈla(ʁ)/ [de.ɐ̃.buˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ɐ̃.buˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /djɐ̃.buˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /djɐ̃.buˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /djɐ̃.buˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧am‧bu‧lar

Verb

deambular (first-person singular present deambulo, first-person singular preterite deambulei, past participle deambulado)

1. (intransitive) to wander

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deambular (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	deambular
Personal	deambular	deambulares	deambular	deambularmos	deambulardes	deambularem
Gerund
	deambulando
Past participle
Masculine	deambulado			deambulados
Feminine	deambulada			deambuladas
Indicative
Present	deambulo	deambulas	deambula	deambulamos	deambulais	deambulam
Imperfect	deambulava	deambulavas	deambulava	deambulávamos	deambuláveis	deambulavam
Preterite	deambulei	deambulaste	deambulou	deambulamos1, deambulámos2	deambulastes	deambularam
Pluperfect	deambulara	deambularas	deambulara	deambuláramos	deambuláreis	deambularam
Future	deambularei	deambularás	deambulará	deambularemos	deambulareis	deambularão
Conditional	deambularia	deambularias	deambularia	deambularíamos	deambularíeis	deambulariam
Subjunctive
Present	deambule	deambules	deambule	deambulemos	deambuleis	deambulem
Imperfect	deambulasse	deambulasses	deambulasse	deambulássemos	deambulásseis	deambulassem
Future	deambular	deambulares	deambular	deambularmos	deambulardes	deambularem
Imperative
Affirmative		deambula	deambule	deambulemos	deambulai	deambulem
Negative (não)		não deambules	não deambule	não deambulemos	não deambuleis	não deambulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “deambular” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “deambular” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deambulāre. Compare obsolete English deambulate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deambuˈlaɾ/ [d̪e.ãm.buˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧am‧bu‧lar

Verb

deambular (first-person singular present deambulo, first-person singular preterite deambulé, past participle deambulado)

1. (intransitive) to mosey, to amble, to wander, to roam
   • 2006, Laura Gallego García, El Valle de los Lobos, SM, →ISBN, page 66:

     Siguió deambulando sin rumbo hasta que tropezó con una enorme puerta cerrada […] .

     She kept on wandering aimlessly until she bumped into a huge closed door […] .

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deambular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deambular
gerund			deambulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deambulado		deambulada
		plural		deambulados		deambuladas
		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	deambulo	deambulastú deambulásvos	deambula	deambulamos	deambuláis	deambulan
	imperfect	deambulaba	deambulabas	deambulaba	deambulábamos	deambulabais	deambulaban
	preterite	deambulé	deambulaste	deambuló	deambulamos	deambulasteis	deambularon
	future	deambularé	deambularás	deambulará	deambularemos	deambularéis	deambularán
	conditional	deambularía	deambularías	deambularía	deambularíamos	deambularíais	deambularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deambule	deambulestú deambulésvos2	deambule	deambulemos	deambuléis	deambulen
	imperfect (ra)	deambulara	deambularas	deambulara	deambuláramos	deambularais	deambularan
	imperfect (se)	deambulase	deambulases	deambulase	deambulásemos	deambulaseis	deambulasen
	future1	deambulare	deambulares	deambulare	deambuláremos	deambulareis	deambularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deambulatú deambulávos	deambule	deambulemos	deambulad	deambulen
	negative		no deambules	no deambule	no deambulemos	no deambuléis	no deambulen

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

Related terms

• deambulación

 

Further reading

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