columpiar
Spanish, verb/kolumˈpjaɾ/
columpiar is spelled C-O-L-U-M-P-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish, the 239,276th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Columpiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to swing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Balancear a alguien en un columpio”.
What does columpiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swing
- 2
colloquialblunder, mess up, screw up (make an embarrassing mistake)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Balancear a alguien en un columpio. 2. Balancear algo. 3. Comprender. 4. Tomarle el pelo a alguien con bromas insistentes, engañar o burlarse repetidamente de alguien.
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 columpiar
- columpio first-person present singular
- columpié first-person preterite singular
- columpiado participle past
- columpiando gerund
- columpiada feminine participle past
- columpiados masculine participle past
- columpiadas feminine participle past
- columpias indicative informal present
- columpiás indicative informal present
- columpia indicative present singular
- columpiamos first-person indicative plural
- columpiáis indicative plural present
- columpian indicative plural present
- columpiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- columpiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- columpiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- columpiabais imperfect indicative plural
- columpiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce columpiar?
- /kolumˈpjaɾ/
- [ko.lũmˈpjaɾ]
- [kolũmˈpjaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is columpiar in Spanish?
columpiar appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).