rumbear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish rumba

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 rumbear

From rumba + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rumbeˈaɾ/ [rũm.beˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: rum‧be‧ar

Verb

rumbear (first-person singular present rumbeo, first-person singular preterite rumbeé, past participle rumbeado)

1. (Canary Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) to party

   Synonyms: carretear, farrear, parrandear

2. (Cuba) to dance rumba

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rumbear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rumbear
gerund			rumbeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rumbeado		rumbeada
		plural		rumbeados		rumbeadas
		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	rumbeo	rumbeastú rumbeásvos	rumbea	rumbeamos	rumbeáis	rumbean
	imperfect	rumbeaba	rumbeabas	rumbeaba	rumbeábamos	rumbeabais	rumbeaban
	preterite	rumbeé	rumbeaste	rumbeó	rumbeamos	rumbeasteis	rumbearon
	future	rumbearé	rumbearás	rumbeará	rumbearemos	rumbearéis	rumbearán
	conditional	rumbearía	rumbearías	rumbearía	rumbearíamos	rumbearíais	rumbearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rumbee	rumbeestú rumbeésvos2	rumbee	rumbeemos	rumbeéis	rumbeen
	imperfect (ra)	rumbeara	rumbearas	rumbeara	rumbeáramos	rumbearais	rumbearan
	imperfect (se)	rumbease	rumbeases	rumbease	rumbeásemos	rumbeaseis	rumbeasen
	future1	rumbeare	rumbeares	rumbeare	rumbeáremos	rumbeareis	rumbearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rumbeatú rumbeávos	rumbee	rumbeemos	rumbead	rumbeen
	negative		no rumbees	no rumbee	no rumbeemos	no rumbeéis	no rumbeen

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

    Selected combined forms of rumbear

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 rumbear	dative	rumbearme	rumbearte	rumbearle, rumbearse	rumbearnos	rumbearos	rumbearles, rumbearse
	accusative	rumbearme	rumbearte	rumbearlo, rumbearla, rumbearse	rumbearnos	rumbearos	rumbearlos, rumbearlas, rumbearse
with gerund rumbeando	dative	rumbeándome	rumbeándote	rumbeándole, rumbeándose	rumbeándonos	rumbeándoos	rumbeándoles, rumbeándose
	accusative	rumbeándome	rumbeándote	rumbeándolo, rumbeándola, rumbeándose	rumbeándonos	rumbeándoos	rumbeándolos, rumbeándolas, rumbeándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative rumbea	dative	rumbéame	rumbéate	rumbéale	rumbéanos	not used	rumbéales
	accusative	rumbéame	rumbéate	rumbéalo, rumbéala	rumbéanos	not used	rumbéalos, rumbéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative rumbeá	dative	rumbeame	rumbeate	rumbeale	rumbeanos	not used	rumbeales
	accusative	rumbeame	rumbeate	rumbealo, rumbeala	rumbeanos	not used	rumbealos, rumbealas
with formal second-person singular imperative rumbee	dative	rumbéeme	not used	rumbéele, rumbéese	rumbéenos	not used	rumbéeles
	accusative	rumbéeme	not used	rumbéelo, rumbéela, rumbéese	rumbéenos	not used	rumbéelos, rumbéelas
with first-person plural imperative rumbeemos	dative	not used	rumbeémoste	rumbeémosle	rumbeémonos	rumbeémoos	rumbeémosles
	accusative	not used	rumbeémoste	rumbeémoslo, rumbeémosla	rumbeémonos	rumbeémoos	rumbeémoslos, rumbeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rumbead	dative	rumbeadme	not used	rumbeadle	rumbeadnos	rumbeaos	rumbeadles
	accusative	rumbeadme	not used	rumbeadlo, rumbeadla	rumbeadnos	rumbeaos	rumbeadlos, rumbeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rumbeen	dative	rumbéenme	not used	rumbéenle	rumbéennos	not used	rumbéenles, rumbéense
	accusative	rumbéenme	not used	rumbéenlo, rumbéenla	rumbéennos	not used	rumbéenlos, rumbéenlas, rumbéense

Further reading

• “rumbear”, 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