tamborear

Spanish

Etymology

From tambor +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamboɾeˈaɾ/ [t̪ãm.bo.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tam‧bo‧re‧ar

Verb

tamborear (first-person singular present tamboreo, first-person singular preterite tamboreé, past participle tamboreado)

1. (intransitive) to drum (knock successively)

   Synonym: tamborilear

Conjugation

infinitive			tamborear
gerund			tamboreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tamboreado		tamboreada
		plural		tamboreados		tamboreadas
		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	tamboreo	tamboreastú tamboreásvos	tamborea	tamboreamos	tamboreáis	tamborean
	imperfect	tamboreaba	tamboreabas	tamboreaba	tamboreábamos	tamboreabais	tamboreaban
	preterite	tamboreé	tamboreaste	tamboreó	tamboreamos	tamboreasteis	tamborearon
	future	tamborearé	tamborearás	tamboreará	tamborearemos	tamborearéis	tamborearán
	conditional	tamborearía	tamborearías	tamborearía	tamborearíamos	tamborearíais	tamborearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tamboree	tamboreestú tamboreésvos2	tamboree	tamboreemos	tamboreéis	tamboreen
	imperfect (ra)	tamboreara	tamborearas	tamboreara	tamboreáramos	tamborearais	tamborearan
	imperfect (se)	tamborease	tamboreases	tamborease	tamboreásemos	tamboreaseis	tamboreasen
	future1	tamboreare	tamboreares	tamboreare	tamboreáremos	tamboreareis	tamborearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tamboreatú tamboreávos	tamboree	tamboreemos	tamboread	tamboreen
	negative		no tamborees	no tamboree	no tamboreemos	no tamboreéis	no tamboreen

    Conjugation of tamborear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

Derived terms

• tamboreo

 

Further reading

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