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alabear

Spanish, verb/alabeˈaɾ/

alabear is spelled A-L-A-B-E-A-R (7 letters). Alabear is a Spanish verb meaning “to warp (especially wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar a una superficie forma alabeada”.

What does alabear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to warp (especially wood)

  2. 2

    to roll

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Dar a una superficie forma alabeada.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of alabear

  • alabeo first-person present singular
  • alabeé first-person preterite singular
  • alabeado participle past
  • alabeando gerund
  • alabeada feminine participle past
  • alabeados masculine participle past
  • alabeadas feminine participle past
  • alabeas indicative informal present
  • alabeás indicative informal present
  • alabea indicative present singular
  • alabeamos first-person indicative plural
  • alabeáis indicative plural present
  • alabean indicative plural present
  • alabeaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • alabeabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • alabeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • alabeabais imperfect indicative plural
  • alabeaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce alabear?

  • /alabeˈaɾ/
  • [a.la.β̞eˈaɾ]
  • [alaβ̞eˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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