enjambrar

Spanish

Etymology

From enjambre +‎ -ar or from Vulgar Latin exāminō, exāmināre, from Latin exāmen. Compare Portuguese enxamear, Catalan eixamar, French essaimer, Italian sciamare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enxamˈbɾaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xãmˈbɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧jam‧brar

Verb

enjambrar (first-person singular present enjambro, first-person singular preterite enjambré, past participle enjambrado)

1. to swarm

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enjambrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enjambrar
gerund			enjambrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enjambrado		enjambrada
		plural		enjambrados		enjambradas
		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	enjambro	enjambrastú enjambrásvos	enjambra	enjambramos	enjambráis	enjambran
	imperfect	enjambraba	enjambrabas	enjambraba	enjambrábamos	enjambrabais	enjambraban
	preterite	enjambré	enjambraste	enjambró	enjambramos	enjambrasteis	enjambraron
	future	enjambraré	enjambrarás	enjambrará	enjambraremos	enjambraréis	enjambrarán
	conditional	enjambraría	enjambrarías	enjambraría	enjambraríamos	enjambraríais	enjambrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enjambre	enjambrestú enjambrésvos2	enjambre	enjambremos	enjambréis	enjambren
	imperfect (ra)	enjambrara	enjambraras	enjambrara	enjambráramos	enjambrarais	enjambraran
	imperfect (se)	enjambrase	enjambrases	enjambrase	enjambrásemos	enjambraseis	enjambrasen
	future1	enjambrare	enjambrares	enjambrare	enjambráremos	enjambrareis	enjambraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enjambratú enjambrávos	enjambre	enjambremos	enjambrad	enjambren
	negative		no enjambres	no enjambre	no enjambremos	no enjambréis	no enjambren

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

    Selected combined forms of enjambrar

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 enjambrar
	dative	enjambrarme	enjambrarte	enjambrarle, enjambrarse	enjambrarnos	enjambraros	enjambrarles, enjambrarse
	accusative	enjambrarme	enjambrarte	enjambrarlo, enjambrarla, enjambrarse	enjambrarnos	enjambraros	enjambrarlos, enjambrarlas, enjambrarse
with gerund enjambrando
	dative	enjambrándome	enjambrándote	enjambrándole, enjambrándose	enjambrándonos	enjambrándoos	enjambrándoles, enjambrándose
	accusative	enjambrándome	enjambrándote	enjambrándolo, enjambrándola, enjambrándose	enjambrándonos	enjambrándoos	enjambrándolos, enjambrándolas, enjambrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enjambra
	dative	enjámbrame	enjámbrate	enjámbrale	enjámbranos	not used	enjámbrales
	accusative	enjámbrame	enjámbrate	enjámbralo, enjámbrala	enjámbranos	not used	enjámbralos, enjámbralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enjambrá
	dative	enjambrame	enjambrate	enjambrale	enjambranos	not used	enjambrales
	accusative	enjambrame	enjambrate	enjambralo, enjambrala	enjambranos	not used	enjambralos, enjambralas
with formal second-person singular imperative enjambre
	dative	enjámbreme	not used	enjámbrele, enjámbrese	enjámbrenos	not used	enjámbreles
	accusative	enjámbreme	not used	enjámbrelo, enjámbrela, enjámbrese	enjámbrenos	not used	enjámbrelos, enjámbrelas
with first-person plural imperative enjambremos
	dative	not used	enjambrémoste	enjambrémosle	enjambrémonos	enjambrémoos	enjambrémosles
	accusative	not used	enjambrémoste	enjambrémoslo, enjambrémosla	enjambrémonos	enjambrémoos	enjambrémoslos, enjambrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enjambrad
	dative	enjambradme	not used	enjambradle	enjambradnos	enjambraos	enjambradles
	accusative	enjambradme	not used	enjambradlo, enjambradla	enjambradnos	enjambraos	enjambradlos, enjambradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enjambren
	dative	enjámbrenme	not used	enjámbrenle	enjámbrennos	not used	enjámbrenles, enjámbrense
	accusative	enjámbrenme	not used	enjámbrenlo, enjámbrenla	enjámbrennos	not used	enjámbrenlos, enjámbrenlas, enjámbrense

Derived terms

• enjambrazón

 

Further reading

• “enjambrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28