lambiscar

Galician

Etymology

From lambisco (“snack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lambisˈkaɾ]

Verb

lambiscar (first-person singular present lambisco, first-person singular preterite lambisquei, past participle lambiscado)

1. to snack, nibble

   Synonyms: lambuxar, petiscar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lambiscar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lambiscar
Personal	lambiscar	lambiscares	lambiscar	lambiscarmos	lambiscardes	lambiscaren
Gerund
	lambiscando
Past participle
Masculine	lambiscado			lambiscados
Feminine	lambiscada			lambiscadas
Indicative
Present	lambisco	lambiscas	lambisca	lambiscamos	lambiscades	lambiscan
Imperfect	lambiscaba	lambiscabas	lambiscaba	lambiscabamos	lambiscabades	lambiscaban
Preterite	lambisquei	lambiscaches	lambiscou	lambiscamos	lambiscastes	lambiscaron
Pluperfect	lambiscara	lambiscaras	lambiscara	lambiscaramos	lambiscarades	lambiscaran
Future	lambiscarei	lambiscarás	lambiscará	lambiscaremos	lambiscaredes	lambiscarán
Conditional	lambiscaría	lambiscarías	lambiscaría	lambiscariamos	lambiscariades	lambiscarían
Subjunctive
Present	lambisque	lambisques	lambisque	lambisquemos	lambisquedes	lambisquen
Imperfect	lambiscase	lambiscases	lambiscase	lambiscásemos	lambiscásedes	lambiscasen
Future	lambiscar	lambiscares	lambiscar	lambiscarmos	lambiscardes	lambiscaren
Imperative
Affirmative		lambisca	lambisque	lambisquemos	lambiscade	lambisquen
Negative (non)		non lambisques	non lambisque	non lambisquemos	non lambisquedes	non lambisquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of lambiscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lambiscar
Personal	lambiscar	lambiscares	lambiscar	lambiscarmos	lambiscardes	lambiscarem
Gerund
	lambiscando
Past participle
Masculine	lambiscado			lambiscados
Feminine	lambiscada			lambiscadas
Indicative
Present	lambisco	lambiscas	lambisca	lambiscamos	lambiscades, lambiscais	lambiscam
Imperfect	lambiscava	lambiscavas	lambiscava	lambiscávamos	lambiscávades, lambiscáveis, lambiscávais1	lambiscavam
Preterite	lambisquei	lambiscaste, lambiscache1	lambiscou	lambiscamos	lambiscastes	lambiscárom, lambiscaram
Pluperfect	lambiscara	lambiscaras	lambiscara	lambiscáramos	lambiscárades, lambiscáreis, lambiscárais1	lambiscaram
Future	lambiscarei	lambiscarás	lambiscará	lambiscaremos	lambiscaredes, lambiscareis	lambiscarám, lambiscarão
Conditional	lambiscaria	lambiscarias	lambiscaria	lambiscaríamos	lambiscaríades, lambiscaríeis, lambiscaríais1	lambiscariam
Subjunctive
Present	lambisque	lambisques	lambisque	lambisquemos	lambisquedes, lambisqueis	lambisquem
Imperfect	lambiscasse	lambiscasses	lambiscasse	lambiscássemos	lambiscássedes, lambiscásseis	lambiscassem
Future	lambiscar	lambiscares	lambiscar	lambiscarmos	lambiscardes	lambiscarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lambisca	lambisque	lambisquemos	lambiscade, lambiscai	lambisquem
Negative (nom)		nom lambisques	nom lambisque	nom lambisquemos	nom lambisquedes, nom lambisqueis	nom lambisquem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• lambiscada

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lambiscar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “lambiscar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lambiscar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From lamber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lambisˈkaɾ/ [lãm.bisˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: lam‧bis‧car

Verb

lambiscar (first-person singular present lambisco, first-person singular preterite lambisqué, past participle lambiscado)

1. (transitive) to lick up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lambiscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lambiscar
gerund			lambiscando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lambiscado		lambiscada
		plural		lambiscados		lambiscadas
		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	lambisco	lambiscastú lambiscásvos	lambisca	lambiscamos	lambiscáis	lambiscan
	imperfect	lambiscaba	lambiscabas	lambiscaba	lambiscábamos	lambiscabais	lambiscaban
	preterite	lambisqué	lambiscaste	lambiscó	lambiscamos	lambiscasteis	lambiscaron
	future	lambiscaré	lambiscarás	lambiscará	lambiscaremos	lambiscaréis	lambiscarán
	conditional	lambiscaría	lambiscarías	lambiscaría	lambiscaríamos	lambiscaríais	lambiscarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lambisque	lambisquestú lambisquésvos2	lambisque	lambisquemos	lambisquéis	lambisquen
	imperfect (ra)	lambiscara	lambiscaras	lambiscara	lambiscáramos	lambiscarais	lambiscaran
	imperfect (se)	lambiscase	lambiscases	lambiscase	lambiscásemos	lambiscaseis	lambiscasen
	future1	lambiscare	lambiscares	lambiscare	lambiscáremos	lambiscareis	lambiscaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lambiscatú lambiscávos	lambisque	lambisquemos	lambiscad	lambisquen
	negative		no lambisques	no lambisque	no lambisquemos	no lambisquéis	no lambisquen

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

    Selected combined forms of lambiscar (c-qu alternation)

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 lambiscar
	dative	lambiscarme	lambiscarte	lambiscarle, lambiscarse	lambiscarnos	lambiscaros	lambiscarles, lambiscarse
	accusative	lambiscarme	lambiscarte	lambiscarlo, lambiscarla, lambiscarse	lambiscarnos	lambiscaros	lambiscarlos, lambiscarlas, lambiscarse
with gerund lambiscando
	dative	lambiscándome	lambiscándote	lambiscándole, lambiscándose	lambiscándonos	lambiscándoos	lambiscándoles, lambiscándose
	accusative	lambiscándome	lambiscándote	lambiscándolo, lambiscándola, lambiscándose	lambiscándonos	lambiscándoos	lambiscándolos, lambiscándolas, lambiscándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lambisca
	dative	lambíscame	lambíscate	lambíscale	lambíscanos	not used	lambíscales
	accusative	lambíscame	lambíscate	lambíscalo, lambíscala	lambíscanos	not used	lambíscalos, lambíscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lambiscá
	dative	lambiscame	lambiscate	lambiscale	lambiscanos	not used	lambiscales
	accusative	lambiscame	lambiscate	lambiscalo, lambiscala	lambiscanos	not used	lambiscalos, lambiscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lambisque
	dative	lambísqueme	not used	lambísquele, lambísquese	lambísquenos	not used	lambísqueles
	accusative	lambísqueme	not used	lambísquelo, lambísquela, lambísquese	lambísquenos	not used	lambísquelos, lambísquelas
with first-person plural imperative lambisquemos
	dative	not used	lambisquémoste	lambisquémosle	lambisquémonos	lambisquémoos	lambisquémosles
	accusative	not used	lambisquémoste	lambisquémoslo, lambisquémosla	lambisquémonos	lambisquémoos	lambisquémoslos, lambisquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lambiscad
	dative	lambiscadme	not used	lambiscadle	lambiscadnos	lambiscaos	lambiscadles
	accusative	lambiscadme	not used	lambiscadlo, lambiscadla	lambiscadnos	lambiscaos	lambiscadlos, lambiscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lambisquen
	dative	lambísquenme	not used	lambísquenle	lambísquennos	not used	lambísquenles, lambísquense
	accusative	lambísquenme	not used	lambísquenlo, lambísquenla	lambísquennos	not used	lambísquenlos, lambísquenlas, lambísquense

Further reading

• “lambiscar”, 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