columbiar

Asturian

Etymology

From Old Leonese columbiare (“to swing”), 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolumˈbjaɾ/, [ko.lũmˈbjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: co‧lum‧biar

Verb

columbiar (first-person singular indicative present columbio, past participle columbiáu)

1. to swing

   Synonyms: cañicar, taramingar, colingar

Conjugation

Conjugation of columbiar

infinitive		columbiar
gerund		columbiando
past participle		m columbiáu, f columbiada, n columbiao, m pl columbiaos, f pl columbiaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	columbio	columbies	columbia	columbiamos	columbiáis	columbien
	imperfect	columbiaba	columbiabes	columbiaba	columbiábemos, columbiábamos	columbiabeis, columbiabais	columbiaben
	preterite	columbié	columbiasti, columbiesti	columbió	columbiemos	columbiastis, columbiestis	columbiaron
	pluperfect	columbiare, columbiara	columbiares, columbiaras	columbiare, columbiara	columbiáremos, columbiáramos	columbiareis, columbiarais	columbiaren, columbiaran
	future	columbiaré	columbiarás	columbiará	columbiaremos	columbiaréis	columbiarán
	conditional	columbiaría	columbiaríes	columbiaría	columbiaríemos, columbiaríamos	columbiaríeis, columbiaríais	columbiaríen
subjunctive	present	columbie	columbies, columbias	columbie	columbiemos	columbiéis	columbien, columbian
	imperfect	columbiare, columbiara	columbiares, columbiaras	columbiare, columbiara	columbiáremos, columbiáramos	columbiareis, columbiarais	columbiaren, columbiaran
imperative		—	columbia	—	—	columbiái	—

Related terms

• columbiella
• columbiellu
• columbiu