nimbar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nimˈbaɾ/ [nĩmˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: nim‧bar

Verb

nimbar (first-person singular present nimbo, first-person singular preterite nimbé, past participle nimbado)

1. to aureole; to halo
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Nuestras pupilas estaban limpias de inquietud, osaría decir que nos nimbaba la frente un halo de soberbia y audacia.

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   • 2015 July 31, “Llanes en 32 playas”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Así se abre el paseo por la base de los cantiles, acercándonos a los castros nimbados de bruma, cerca de donde imparten clases de surf (www.sanmarsurfboards.com ).

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nimbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			nimbar
gerund			nimbando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nimbado		nimbada
		plural		nimbados		nimbadas
		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	nimbo	nimbastú nimbásvos	nimba	nimbamos	nimbáis	nimban
	imperfect	nimbaba	nimbabas	nimbaba	nimbábamos	nimbabais	nimbaban
	preterite	nimbé	nimbaste	nimbó	nimbamos	nimbasteis	nimbaron
	future	nimbaré	nimbarás	nimbará	nimbaremos	nimbaréis	nimbarán
	conditional	nimbaría	nimbarías	nimbaría	nimbaríamos	nimbaríais	nimbarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nimbe	nimbestú nimbésvos2	nimbe	nimbemos	nimbéis	nimben
	imperfect (ra)	nimbara	nimbaras	nimbara	nimbáramos	nimbarais	nimbaran
	imperfect (se)	nimbase	nimbases	nimbase	nimbásemos	nimbaseis	nimbasen
	future1	nimbare	nimbares	nimbare	nimbáremos	nimbareis	nimbaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		nimbatú nimbávos	nimbe	nimbemos	nimbad	nimben
	negative		no nimbes	no nimbe	no nimbemos	no nimbéis	no nimben

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

    Selected combined forms of nimbar

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 nimbar
	dative	nimbarme	nimbarte	nimbarle, nimbarse	nimbarnos	nimbaros	nimbarles, nimbarse
	accusative	nimbarme	nimbarte	nimbarlo, nimbarla, nimbarse	nimbarnos	nimbaros	nimbarlos, nimbarlas, nimbarse
with gerund nimbando
	dative	nimbándome	nimbándote	nimbándole, nimbándose	nimbándonos	nimbándoos	nimbándoles, nimbándose
	accusative	nimbándome	nimbándote	nimbándolo, nimbándola, nimbándose	nimbándonos	nimbándoos	nimbándolos, nimbándolas, nimbándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative nimba
	dative	nímbame	nímbate	nímbale	nímbanos	not used	nímbales
	accusative	nímbame	nímbate	nímbalo, nímbala	nímbanos	not used	nímbalos, nímbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative nimbá
	dative	nimbame	nimbate	nimbale	nimbanos	not used	nimbales
	accusative	nimbame	nimbate	nimbalo, nimbala	nimbanos	not used	nimbalos, nimbalas
with formal second-person singular imperative nimbe
	dative	nímbeme	not used	nímbele, nímbese	nímbenos	not used	nímbeles
	accusative	nímbeme	not used	nímbelo, nímbela, nímbese	nímbenos	not used	nímbelos, nímbelas
with first-person plural imperative nimbemos
	dative	not used	nimbémoste	nimbémosle	nimbémonos	nimbémoos	nimbémosles
	accusative	not used	nimbémoste	nimbémoslo, nimbémosla	nimbémonos	nimbémoos	nimbémoslos, nimbémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative nimbad
	dative	nimbadme	not used	nimbadle	nimbadnos	nimbaos	nimbadles
	accusative	nimbadme	not used	nimbadlo, nimbadla	nimbadnos	nimbaos	nimbadlos, nimbadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative nimben
	dative	nímbenme	not used	nímbenle	nímbennos	not used	nímbenles, nímbense
	accusative	nímbenme	not used	nímbenlo, nímbenla	nímbennos	not used	nímbenlos, nímbenlas, nímbense

Further reading

• “nimbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28