tambalear
Spanish, verb/tambaleˈaɾ/
tambalear is spelled T-A-M-B-A-L-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 67,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tambalear is a Spanish verb meaning “to reel, wobble, stagger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Menearse una cosa a uno y otro lado, como que se va a caer por falta de fuerza o de equilibrio”.
What does tambalear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reel, wobble, stagger
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Menearse una cosa a uno y otro lado, como que se va a caer por falta de fuerza o de equilibrio.
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 tambalear
- tambaleo first-person present singular
- tambaleé first-person preterite singular
- tambaleado participle past
- tambaleando gerund
- tambaleada feminine participle past
- tambaleados masculine participle past
- tambaleadas feminine participle past
- tambaleas indicative informal present
- tambaleás indicative informal present
- tambalea indicative present singular
- tambaleamos first-person indicative plural
- tambaleáis indicative plural present
- tambalean indicative plural present
- tambaleaba first-person imperfect indicative
- tambaleabas imperfect indicative second-person
- tambaleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- tambaleabais imperfect indicative plural
- tambaleaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tambalear?
- /tambaleˈaɾ/
- [t̪ãm.ba.leˈaɾ]
- [t̪ãmbaleˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tambalear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tambalear in Spanish?
tambalear appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).