chimba

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃimba/ [ˈt͡ʃĩm.ba]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: chim‧ba

Noun

chimba f (plural chimbas)

1. (Colombia, colloquial) enjoyable, pleasurable, attractive thing

   Ese carro está muy chimba. ― That car is very cool.

   El computador que trajo es una chimba. ― The computer he brought is pretty cool.

   • 2023, “QUÉ CHIMBA DE VIDA”, performed by KAROL G:

     Uff, qué chimba de vida / Estoy viviendo la life que quería

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Equivalent to colloquial English cool. It can be used with the verbs ser and estar (“to be”).

Adverb

chimba

1. (Colombia, colloquial) properly, pleasantly

   Esta me trata mucho más chimba que la otra.

   This girl treats me way more pleasantly than the other one.

Related terms

chimbita

Adjective

chimba

1. feminine singular of chimbo

Further reading

• “chimba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Verb

-chimba (infinitive kuchimba)

1. to dig, to excavate
2. to spy on someone, to cause trouble

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chimba
Positive present -nachimba Subjunctive -chimbe Negative -chimbi Imperative singular chimba
Infinitives
Positive kuchimba Negative kutochimba
Imperatives
Singular chimba Plural chimbeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchimba Positive past positive subject concord + -lichimba Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchimba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachimba) Singular Plural 1st person ninachimba/nachimba tunachimba 2nd person unachimba mnachimba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachimba wanachimba other classes positive subject concord + -nachimba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chimbi) Singular Plural 1st person sichimbi hatuchimbi 2nd person huchimbi hamchimbi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachimbi hawachimbi other classes negative subject concord + -chimbi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachimba Negative future negative subject concord + -tachimba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chimbe) Singular Plural 1st person nichimbe tuchimbe 2nd person uchimbe mchimbe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achimbe wachimbe other classes positive subject concord + -chimbe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichimbe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechimba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechimba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichimba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichimba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achimba) Singular Plural 1st person nachimba twachimba 2nd person wachimba mwachimba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achimba wachimba m-mi(III/IV) wachimba yachimba ji-ma(V/VI) lachimba yachimba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachimba vyachimba n(IX/X) yachimba zachimba u(XI) wachimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachimba pa(XVI) pachimba mu(XVIII) mwachimba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechimba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachimba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachimba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichimba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochimba Consecutive kachimba / positive subject concord + -kachimba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachimbe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichimba -tuchimba 2nd person -kuchimba -wachimba/-kuchimbeni/-wachimbeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchimba -wachimba m-mi(III/IV) -uchimba -ichimba ji-ma(V/VI) -lichimba -yachimba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichimba -vichimba n(IX/X) -ichimba -zichimba u(XI) -uchimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchimba pa(XVI) -pachimba mu(XVIII) -muchimba Reflexive -jichimba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chimba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chimbaye -chimbao m-mi(III/IV) -chimbao -chimbayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chimbalo -chimbayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chimbacho -chimbavyo n(IX/X) -chimbayo -chimbazo u(XI) -chimbao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chimbako pa(XVI) -chimbapo mu(XVIII) -chimbamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chimba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechimba -ochimba m-mi(III/IV) -ochimba -yochimba ji-ma(V/VI) -lochimba -yochimba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochimba -vyochimba n(IX/X) -yochimba -zochimba u(XI) -ochimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochimba pa(XVI) -pochimba mu(XVIII) -mochimba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Stative: -chimbika (“to be dug”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • chimbo (“mine”)
  • mchimbaji (“miner”)
  • uchimbaji (“mining”)