From Old Leonese columbiare, from Ancient Greek κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “to dive, plunge”) (with semantic shift "dive" > "swing"), from κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “little grebe”), a bird known for its diving skills.[1]
- IPA(key): /kolumˈpjaɾ/ [ko.lũmˈpjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧lum‧piar
columpiar (first-person singular present columpio, first-person singular preterite columpié, past participle columpiado)
- to swing
a. 1873, Manuel Acuña, Historia del pensamiento[1]:A veces le mandaba sus tímidos olores, / pensando que llegaba hasta su amada flor; / pero la brisa, al columpiar las flores, / llevábase muy lejos la pena de su amor.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (pronominal, colloquial) blunder, mess up, screw up (make an embarrassing mistake)
- Synonyms: meter la pata, equivocarse
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of columpiar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive columpiar
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dative
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columpiarme
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columpiarte
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columpiarle, columpiarse
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columpiarnos
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columpiaros
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columpiarles, columpiarse
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accusative
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columpiarme
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columpiarte
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columpiarlo, columpiarla, columpiarse
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columpiarnos
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columpiaros
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columpiarlos, columpiarlas, columpiarse
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with gerund columpiando
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dative
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columpiándome
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columpiándote
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columpiándole, columpiándose
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columpiándonos
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columpiándoos
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columpiándoles, columpiándose
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accusative
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columpiándome
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columpiándote
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columpiándolo, columpiándola, columpiándose
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columpiándonos
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columpiándoos
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columpiándolos, columpiándolas, columpiándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative columpia
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dative
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colúmpiame
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colúmpiate
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colúmpiale
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colúmpianos
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not used
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colúmpiales
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accusative
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colúmpiame
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colúmpiate
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colúmpialo, colúmpiala
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colúmpianos
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not used
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colúmpialos, colúmpialas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative columpiá
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dative
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columpiame
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columpiate
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columpiale
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columpianos
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not used
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columpiales
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accusative
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columpiame
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columpiate
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columpialo, columpiala
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columpianos
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not used
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columpialos, columpialas
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with formal second-person singular imperative columpie
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dative
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colúmpieme
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not used
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colúmpiele, colúmpiese
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colúmpienos
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not used
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colúmpieles
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accusative
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colúmpieme
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not used
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colúmpielo, colúmpiela, colúmpiese
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colúmpienos
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not used
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colúmpielos, colúmpielas
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with first-person plural imperative columpiemos
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dative
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not used
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columpiémoste
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columpiémosle
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columpiémonos
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columpiémoos
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columpiémosles
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accusative
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not used
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columpiémoste
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columpiémoslo, columpiémosla
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columpiémonos
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columpiémoos
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columpiémoslos, columpiémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative columpiad
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dative
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columpiadme
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not used
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columpiadle
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columpiadnos
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columpiaos
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columpiadles
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accusative
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columpiadme
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not used
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columpiadlo, columpiadla
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columpiadnos
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columpiaos
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columpiadlos, columpiadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative columpien
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dative
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colúmpienme
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not used
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colúmpienle
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colúmpiennos
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not used
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colúmpienles, colúmpiense
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accusative
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colúmpienme
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not used
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colúmpienlo, colúmpienla
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colúmpiennos
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not used
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colúmpienlos, colúmpienlas, colúmpiense
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