zombar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zõˈbaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zõˈbaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /zõˈba.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: zom‧bar

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps imitative.

Verb

zombar (first-person singular present zombo, first-person singular preterite zombei, past participle zombado)

1. (intransitive) to taunt; to jeer; to mock; to make fun of [with de ‘someone’]

   Synonyms: cachetar; caçoar de; (Brazil) debochar de; escarnecer; tirar sarro de

   Está zombando de mim?

   Are you mocking me?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zombar (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	zombar
Personal	zombar	zombares	zombar	zombarmos	zombardes	zombarem
Gerund
	zombando
Past participle
Masculine	zombado			zombados
Feminine	zombada			zombadas
Indicative
Present	zombo	zombas	zomba	zombamos	zombais	zombam
Imperfect	zombava	zombavas	zombava	zombávamos	zombáveis	zombavam
Preterite	zombei	zombaste	zombou	zombamos1, zombámos2	zombastes	zombaram
Pluperfect	zombara	zombaras	zombara	zombáramos	zombáreis	zombaram
Future	zombarei	zombarás	zombará	zombaremos	zombareis	zombarão
Conditional	zombaria	zombarias	zombaria	zombaríamos	zombaríeis	zombariam
Subjunctive
Present	zombe	zombes	zombe	zombemos	zombeis	zombem
Imperfect	zombasse	zombasses	zombasse	zombássemos	zombásseis	zombassem
Future	zombar	zombares	zombar	zombarmos	zombardes	zombarem
Imperative
Affirmative		zomba	zombe	zombemos	zombai	zombem
Negative (não)		não zombes	não zombe	não zombemos	não zombeis	não zombem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• zombaria
• zombetear

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kimbundu kuzomba.

Verb

zombar (first-person singular present zombo, first-person singular preterite zombei, past participle zombado)

1. (Angola, intransitive) to tiptoe; to walk slowly

Further reading

• “zombar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026