estribar
Spanish, verb/estɾiˈbaɾ/
estribar is spelled E-S-T-R-I-B-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Spanish, the 331,538th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estribar is a Spanish verb meaning “to stem from, originate with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Descansar el peso de una cosa en otra sólida y segura”.
What does estribar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stem from, originate with
- 2
to support, lean
- 3
to lie, be placed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Descansar el peso de una cosa en otra sólida y segura. 2. Apoyarse en alguna cosa haciendo un esfuerzo. 3. Fundarse, apoyarse.
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 estribar
- estribo first-person present singular
- estribé first-person preterite singular
- estribado participle past
- estribando gerund
- estribada feminine participle past
- estribados masculine participle past
- estribadas feminine participle past
- estribas indicative informal present
- estribás indicative informal present
- estriba indicative present singular
- estribamos first-person indicative plural
- estribáis indicative plural present
- estriban indicative plural present
- estribaba first-person imperfect indicative
- estribabas imperfect indicative second-person
- estribábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- estribabais imperfect indicative plural
- estribaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estribar?
- /estɾiˈbaɾ/
- [es.t̪ɾiˈβ̞aɾ]
- [est̪ɾiˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estribar in Spanish?
estribar appears about once in every 93 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).