columpiar

Spanish

Etymology

From Leonese columbiare, from Ancient Greek κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “to dive, plunge”) (with semantic shift "dive" > "swing"), from κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “little grebe”), a bird known for its diving skills.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kolumˈpjaɾ/ [ko.lũmˈpjaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧lum‧piar

Verb

columpiar (first-person singular present columpio, first-person singular preterite columpié, past participle columpiado)

  1. to swing
    • a. 1873, Manuel Acuña, Historia del pensamiento‎:
      A veces le mandaba sus tímidos olores, / pensando que llegaba hasta su amada flor; / pero la brisa, al columpiar las flores, / llevábase muy lejos la pena de su amor.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, colloquial) blunder, mess up, screw up (make an embarrassing mistake)
    Synonyms: meter la pata, equivocarse

Conjugation
    Conjugation of columpiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive columpiar
gerund columpiando
past participle masculine feminine
singular columpiado columpiada
plural columpiados columpiadas
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 columpio columpiastú
columpiásvos		 columpia columpiamos columpiáis columpian
imperfect columpiaba columpiabas columpiaba columpiábamos columpiabais columpiaban
preterite columpié columpiaste columpió columpiamos columpiasteis columpiaron
future columpiaré columpiarás columpiará columpiaremos columpiaréis columpiarán
conditional columpiaría columpiarías columpiaría columpiaríamos columpiaríais columpiarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present columpie columpiestú
columpiésvos2		 columpie columpiemos columpiéis columpien
imperfect
(ra)		 columpiara columpiaras columpiara columpiáramos columpiarais columpiaran
imperfect
(se)		 columpiase columpiases columpiase columpiásemos columpiaseis columpiasen
future1 columpiare columpiares columpiare columpiáremos columpiareis columpiaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative columpiatú
columpiávos		 columpie columpiemos columpiad columpien
negative no columpies no columpie no columpiemos no columpiéis no columpien

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

    Selected combined forms of columpiar

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 columpiar
dative columpiarme columpiarte columpiarle, columpiarse columpiarnos columpiaros columpiarles, columpiarse
accusative columpiarme columpiarte columpiarlo, columpiarla, columpiarse columpiarnos columpiaros columpiarlos, columpiarlas, columpiarse
with gerund columpiando
dative columpiándome columpiándote columpiándole, columpiándose columpiándonos columpiándoos columpiándoles, columpiándose
accusative columpiándome columpiándote columpiándolo, columpiándola, columpiándose columpiándonos columpiándoos columpiándolos, columpiándolas, columpiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative columpia
dative colúmpiame colúmpiate colúmpiale colúmpianos not used colúmpiales
accusative colúmpiame colúmpiate colúmpialo, colúmpiala colúmpianos not used colúmpialos, colúmpialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative columpiá
dative columpiame columpiate columpiale columpianos not used columpiales
accusative columpiame columpiate columpialo, columpiala columpianos not used columpialos, columpialas
with formal second-person singular imperative columpie
dative colúmpieme not used colúmpiele, colúmpiese colúmpienos not used colúmpieles
accusative colúmpieme not used colúmpielo, colúmpiela, colúmpiese colúmpienos not used colúmpielos, colúmpielas
with first-person plural imperative columpiemos
dative not used columpiémoste columpiémosle columpiémonos columpiémoos columpiémosles
accusative not used columpiémoste columpiémoslo, columpiémosla columpiémonos columpiémoos columpiémoslos, columpiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative columpiad
dative columpiadme not used columpiadle columpiadnos columpiaos columpiadles
accusative columpiadme not used columpiadlo, columpiadla columpiadnos columpiaos columpiadlos, columpiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative columpien
dative colúmpienme not used colúmpienle colúmpiennos not used colúmpienles, colúmpiense
accusative colúmpienme not used colúmpienlo, colúmpienla colúmpiennos not used colúmpienlos, colúmpienlas, colúmpiense

Derived terms

References
  1. “columpiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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