borbollar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin bullāre, with reduplication.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /boɾboˈʝaɾ/ [boɾ.β̞oˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /boɾboˈʝaɾ/ [boɾ.β̞oˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /boɾboˈʎaɾ/ [boɾ.β̞oˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /boɾboˈʃaɾ/ [boɾ.β̞oˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /boɾboˈʒaɾ/ [boɾ.β̞oˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bor‧bo‧llar

Verb

borbollar (first-person singular present borbollo, first-person singular preterite borbollé, past participle borbollado)

1. (intransitive) to bubble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of borbollar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			borbollar
gerund			borbollando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		borbollado		borbollada
		plural		borbollados		borbolladas
		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	borbollo	borbollastú borbollásvos	borbolla	borbollamos	borbolláis	borbollan
	imperfect	borbollaba	borbollabas	borbollaba	borbollábamos	borbollabais	borbollaban
	preterite	borbollé	borbollaste	borbolló	borbollamos	borbollasteis	borbollaron
	future	borbollaré	borbollarás	borbollará	borbollaremos	borbollaréis	borbollarán
	conditional	borbollaría	borbollarías	borbollaría	borbollaríamos	borbollaríais	borbollarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	borbolle	borbollestú borbollésvos2	borbolle	borbollemos	borbolléis	borbollen
	imperfect (ra)	borbollara	borbollaras	borbollara	borbolláramos	borbollarais	borbollaran
	imperfect (se)	borbollase	borbollases	borbollase	borbollásemos	borbollaseis	borbollasen
	future1	borbollare	borbollares	borbollare	borbolláremos	borbollareis	borbollaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		borbollatú borbollávos	borbolle	borbollemos	borbollad	borbollen
	negative		no borbolles	no borbolle	no borbollemos	no borbolléis	no borbollen

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

Further reading

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