vibrar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [biˈβɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [viˈbɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [viˈbɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

vibrar (first-person singular present vibro, first-person singular preterite vibrí, past participle vibrat)

1. to vibrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vibrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			vibrar
gerund			vibrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vibrat		vibrada
		plural		vibrats		vibrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vibro	vibres	vibra	vibrem	vibreu	vibren
	imperfect	vibrava	vibraves	vibrava	vibràvem	vibràveu	vibraven
	future	vibraré	vibraràs	vibrarà	vibrarem	vibrareu	vibraran
	preterite	vibrí	vibrares	vibrà	vibràrem	vibràreu	vibraren
	conditional	vibraria	vibraries	vibraria	vibraríem	vibraríeu	vibrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vibri	vibris	vibri	vibrem	vibreu	vibrin
	imperfect	vibrés	vibressis	vibrés	vibréssim	vibréssiu	vibressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vibra	vibri	vibrem	vibreu	vibrin
	negative (no)	—	no vibris	no vibri	no vibrem	no vibreu	no vibrin

Related terms

• vibració
• vibrador
• vibrant
• vibratori

Further reading

• “vibrar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From Latin vibrāre (“shake, agitate”).

Verb

vibrar (first-person singular present vibro, first-person singular preterite vibrei, past participle vibrado)

1. to vibrate, tremble

   Synonym: tremer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vibrar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	vibrar
Personal	vibrar	vibrares	vibrar	vibrarmos	vibrardes	vibraren
Gerund
	vibrando
Past participle
Masculine	vibrado			vibrados
Feminine	vibrada			vibradas
Indicative
Present	vibro	vibras	vibra	vibramos	vibrades	vibran
Imperfect	vibraba	vibrabas	vibraba	vibrabamos	vibrabades	vibraban
Preterite	vibrei	vibraches	vibrou	vibramos	vibrastes	vibraron
Pluperfect	vibrara	vibraras	vibrara	vibraramos	vibrarades	vibraran
Future	vibrarei	vibrarás	vibrará	vibraremos	vibraredes	vibrarán
Conditional	vibraría	vibrarías	vibraría	vibrariamos	vibrariades	vibrarían
Subjunctive
Present	vibre	vibres	vibre	vibremos	vibredes	vibren
Imperfect	vibrase	vibrases	vibrase	vibrásemos	vibrásedes	vibrasen
Future	vibrar	vibrares	vibrar	vibrarmos	vibrardes	vibraren
Imperative
Affirmative		vibra	vibre	vibremos	vibrade	vibren
Negative (non)		non vibres	non vibre	non vibremos	non vibredes	non vibren

    Reintegrated conjugation of vibrar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	vibrar
Personal	vibrar	vibrares	vibrar	vibrarmos	vibrardes	vibrarem
Gerund
	vibrando
Past participle
Masculine	vibrado			vibrados
Feminine	vibrada			vibradas
Indicative
Present	vibro	vibras	vibra	vibramos	vibrades, vibrais	vibram
Imperfect	vibrava	vibravas	vibrava	vibrávamos	vibrávades, vibráveis, vibrávais1	vibravam
Preterite	vibrei	vibraste, vibrache1	vibrou	vibramos	vibrastes	vibrárom, vibraram
Pluperfect	vibrara	vibraras	vibrara	vibráramos	vibrárades, vibráreis, vibrárais1	vibraram
Future	vibrarei	vibrarás	vibrará	vibraremos	vibraredes, vibrareis	vibrarám, vibrarão
Conditional	vibraria	vibrarias	vibraria	vibraríamos	vibraríades, vibraríeis, vibraríais1	vibrariam
Subjunctive
Present	vibre	vibres	vibre	vibremos	vibredes, vibreis	vibrem
Imperfect	vibrasse	vibrasses	vibrasse	vibrássemos	vibrássedes, vibrásseis	vibrassem
Future	vibrar	vibrares	vibrar	vibrarmos	vibrardes	vibrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		vibra	vibre	vibremos	vibrade, vibrai	vibrem
Negative (nom)		nom vibres	nom vibre	nom vibremos	nom vibredes, nom vibreis	nom vibrem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• vibración
• vibrador
• vibráfono
• vibrante
• vibratorio

Further reading

• “vibrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “vibrar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Interlingua

Verb

vibrar

1. to vibrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vibrar

infinitive		vibrar
participle		present	perfect
		vibrante	vibrate
active		simple	perfect
	present	vibra	ha vibrate
	past	vibrava	habeva vibrate
	future	vibrara	habera vibrate
	conditional	vibrarea	haberea vibrate
	imperative	vibra	—

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vibrāre (“to shake, to agitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyb-, *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viˈbɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viˈbɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /viˈbɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /viˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [viˈbɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /viˈbɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈbɾaɾ/ [viˈβɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈbɾaɾ/ [viˈβɾaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈbɾaɾ/ [biˈβɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈbɾa.ɾi/ [viˈβɾa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: vi‧brar

Verb

vibrar (first-person singular present vibro, first-person singular preterite vibrei, past participle vibrado)

1. to vibrate, oscillate
2. to pulsate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vibrar (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	vibrar
Personal	vibrar	vibrares	vibrar	vibrarmos	vibrardes	vibrarem
Gerund
	vibrando
Past participle
Masculine	vibrado			vibrados
Feminine	vibrada			vibradas
Indicative
Present	vibro	vibras	vibra	vibramos	vibrais	vibram
Imperfect	vibrava	vibravas	vibrava	vibrávamos	vibráveis	vibravam
Preterite	vibrei	vibraste	vibrou	vibramos1, vibrámos2	vibrastes	vibraram
Pluperfect	vibrara	vibraras	vibrara	vibráramos	vibráreis	vibraram
Future	vibrarei	vibrarás	vibrará	vibraremos	vibrareis	vibrarão
Conditional	vibraria	vibrarias	vibraria	vibraríamos	vibraríeis	vibrariam
Subjunctive
Present	vibre	vibres	vibre	vibremos	vibreis	vibrem
Imperfect	vibrasse	vibrasses	vibrasse	vibrássemos	vibrásseis	vibrassem
Future	vibrar	vibrares	vibrar	vibrarmos	vibrardes	vibrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		vibra	vibre	vibremos	vibrai	vibrem
Negative (não)		não vibres	não vibre	não vibremos	não vibreis	não vibrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “vibrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vibrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vibrāre (“shake, agitate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈbɾaɾ/ [biˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vi‧brar

Verb

vibrar (first-person singular present vibro, first-person singular preterite vibré, past participle vibrado)

1. to vibrate
2. to roll the letter R
3. to brandish forcefully

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vibrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vibrar
gerund			vibrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vibrado		vibrada
		plural		vibrados		vibradas
		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	vibro	vibrastú vibrásvos	vibra	vibramos	vibráis	vibran
	imperfect	vibraba	vibrabas	vibraba	vibrábamos	vibrabais	vibraban
	preterite	vibré	vibraste	vibró	vibramos	vibrasteis	vibraron
	future	vibraré	vibrarás	vibrará	vibraremos	vibraréis	vibrarán
	conditional	vibraría	vibrarías	vibraría	vibraríamos	vibraríais	vibrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vibre	vibrestú vibrésvos2	vibre	vibremos	vibréis	vibren
	imperfect (ra)	vibrara	vibraras	vibrara	vibráramos	vibrarais	vibraran
	imperfect (se)	vibrase	vibrases	vibrase	vibrásemos	vibraseis	vibrasen
	future1	vibrare	vibrares	vibrare	vibráremos	vibrareis	vibraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vibratú vibrávos	vibre	vibremos	vibrad	vibren
	negative		no vibres	no vibre	no vibremos	no vibréis	no vibren

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

    Selected combined forms of vibrar

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 vibrar	dative	vibrarme	vibrarte	vibrarle, vibrarse	vibrarnos	vibraros	vibrarles, vibrarse
	accusative	vibrarme	vibrarte	vibrarlo, vibrarla, vibrarse	vibrarnos	vibraros	vibrarlos, vibrarlas, vibrarse
with gerund vibrando	dative	vibrándome	vibrándote	vibrándole, vibrándose	vibrándonos	vibrándoos	vibrándoles, vibrándose
	accusative	vibrándome	vibrándote	vibrándolo, vibrándola, vibrándose	vibrándonos	vibrándoos	vibrándolos, vibrándolas, vibrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative vibra	dative	víbrame	víbrate	víbrale	víbranos	not used	víbrales
	accusative	víbrame	víbrate	víbralo, víbrala	víbranos	not used	víbralos, víbralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative vibrá	dative	vibrame	vibrate	vibrale	vibranos	not used	vibrales
	accusative	vibrame	vibrate	vibralo, vibrala	vibranos	not used	vibralos, vibralas
with formal second-person singular imperative vibre	dative	víbreme	not used	víbrele, víbrese	víbrenos	not used	víbreles
	accusative	víbreme	not used	víbrelo, víbrela, víbrese	víbrenos	not used	víbrelos, víbrelas
with first-person plural imperative vibremos	dative	not used	vibrémoste	vibrémosle	vibrémonos	vibrémoos	vibrémosles
	accusative	not used	vibrémoste	vibrémoslo, vibrémosla	vibrémonos	vibrémoos	vibrémoslos, vibrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vibrad	dative	vibradme	not used	vibradle	vibradnos	vibraos	vibradles
	accusative	vibradme	not used	vibradlo, vibradla	vibradnos	vibraos	vibradlos, vibradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vibren	dative	víbrenme	not used	víbrenle	víbrennos	not used	víbrenles, víbrense
	accusative	víbrenme	not used	víbrenlo, víbrenla	víbrennos	not used	víbrenlos, víbrenlas, víbrense

Related terms

• vibra
• vibración
• vibrador
• vibratorio

Further reading

• “vibrar”, 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