cimbrar
Spanish, verb/θimˈbɾaɾ/
cimbrar is spelled C-I-M-B-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish, the 231,957th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cimbrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to swing; to shake (a stick or a club)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover una vara larga u otra cosa flexible, asiéndola por un extremo y vibrándola”.
What does cimbrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swing; to shake (a stick or a club)
- 2
to bend
- 3
to rock; to sway, to swing
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mover una vara larga u otra cosa flexible, asiéndola por un extremo y vibrándola. 2. Doblar o hacer oscilar algo flexible. 3. Mover con gracia el cuerpo al caminar. 4. Golpear a uno con una vara o palo, de modo que le haga doblar el cuerpo.
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 cimbrar
- cimbro first-person present singular
- cimbré first-person preterite singular
- cimbrado participle past
- cimbrando gerund
- cimbrada feminine participle past
- cimbrados masculine participle past
- cimbradas feminine participle past
- cimbras indicative informal present
- cimbrás indicative informal present
- cimbra indicative present singular
- cimbramos first-person indicative plural
- cimbráis indicative plural present
- cimbran indicative plural present
- cimbraba first-person imperfect indicative
- cimbrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cimbrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cimbrabais imperfect indicative plural
- cimbraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cimbrar?
- /θimˈbɾaɾ/
- [θĩmˈbɾaɾ]
- /simˈbɾaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cimbrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cimbrar in Spanish?
cimbrar appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).