mimbrear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish mimbre

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish mimbrear

From mimbre + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mimbɾeˈaɾ/ [mĩm.bɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mim‧bre‧ar

Verb

mimbrear (first-person singular present mimbreo, first-person singular preterite mimbreé, past participle mimbreado)

1. to sway; to swing

   Synonyms: cimbrear, cimbrar, oscilar, ondular, moverse, agitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mimbrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mimbrear
gerund			mimbreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mimbreado		mimbreada
		plural		mimbreados		mimbreadas
		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	mimbreo	mimbreastú mimbreásvos	mimbrea	mimbreamos	mimbreáis	mimbrean
	imperfect	mimbreaba	mimbreabas	mimbreaba	mimbreábamos	mimbreabais	mimbreaban
	preterite	mimbreé	mimbreaste	mimbreó	mimbreamos	mimbreasteis	mimbrearon
	future	mimbrearé	mimbrearás	mimbreará	mimbrearemos	mimbrearéis	mimbrearán
	conditional	mimbrearía	mimbrearías	mimbrearía	mimbrearíamos	mimbrearíais	mimbrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mimbree	mimbreestú mimbreésvos2	mimbree	mimbreemos	mimbreéis	mimbreen
	imperfect (ra)	mimbreara	mimbrearas	mimbreara	mimbreáramos	mimbrearais	mimbrearan
	imperfect (se)	mimbrease	mimbreases	mimbrease	mimbreásemos	mimbreaseis	mimbreasen
	future1	mimbreare	mimbreares	mimbreare	mimbreáremos	mimbreareis	mimbrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mimbreatú mimbreávos	mimbree	mimbreemos	mimbread	mimbreen
	negative		no mimbrees	no mimbree	no mimbreemos	no mimbreéis	no mimbreen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mimbrear

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 mimbrear	dative	mimbrearme	mimbrearte	mimbrearle, mimbrearse	mimbrearnos	mimbrearos	mimbrearles, mimbrearse
	accusative	mimbrearme	mimbrearte	mimbrearlo, mimbrearla, mimbrearse	mimbrearnos	mimbrearos	mimbrearlos, mimbrearlas, mimbrearse
with gerund mimbreando	dative	mimbreándome	mimbreándote	mimbreándole, mimbreándose	mimbreándonos	mimbreándoos	mimbreándoles, mimbreándose
	accusative	mimbreándome	mimbreándote	mimbreándolo, mimbreándola, mimbreándose	mimbreándonos	mimbreándoos	mimbreándolos, mimbreándolas, mimbreándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative mimbrea	dative	mimbréame	mimbréate	mimbréale	mimbréanos	not used	mimbréales
	accusative	mimbréame	mimbréate	mimbréalo, mimbréala	mimbréanos	not used	mimbréalos, mimbréalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative mimbreá	dative	mimbreame	mimbreate	mimbreale	mimbreanos	not used	mimbreales
	accusative	mimbreame	mimbreate	mimbrealo, mimbreala	mimbreanos	not used	mimbrealos, mimbrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative mimbree	dative	mimbréeme	not used	mimbréele, mimbréese	mimbréenos	not used	mimbréeles
	accusative	mimbréeme	not used	mimbréelo, mimbréela, mimbréese	mimbréenos	not used	mimbréelos, mimbréelas
with first-person plural imperative mimbreemos	dative	not used	mimbreémoste	mimbreémosle	mimbreémonos	mimbreémoos	mimbreémosles
	accusative	not used	mimbreémoste	mimbreémoslo, mimbreémosla	mimbreémonos	mimbreémoos	mimbreémoslos, mimbreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mimbread	dative	mimbreadme	not used	mimbreadle	mimbreadnos	mimbreaos	mimbreadles
	accusative	mimbreadme	not used	mimbreadlo, mimbreadla	mimbreadnos	mimbreaos	mimbreadlos, mimbreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mimbreen	dative	mimbréenme	not used	mimbréenle	mimbréennos	not used	mimbréenles, mimbréense
	accusative	mimbréenme	not used	mimbréenlo, mimbréenla	mimbréennos	not used	mimbréenlos, mimbréenlas, mimbréense

Further reading

• “mimbrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025