temblar
Spanish, verb/temˈblaɾ/
temblar is spelled T-E-M-B-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Temblar is a Spanish verb meaning “to tremble, to quiver, to quake, to shudder, to cringe, to quail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Moverse alternativamente en direcciones opuestas de manera rápida y generalmente involuntaria, con sacudidas…”.
What does temblar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tremble, to quiver, to quake, to shudder, to cringe, to quail
- 2
to shake
- 3
to shiver
- 4
to twitch
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Moverse alternativamente en direcciones opuestas de manera rápida y generalmente involuntaria, con sacudidas breves y frecuentes. En los seres vivos, ocurre generalmente por frío, miedo o fiebre. 2. Tener mucho temor o miedo. 3. Dicho de la tierra, sacudirse (de un lado a otro) como resultado de un terremoto o sismo.
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 temblar
- tiemblo first-person present singular
- temblé first-person preterite singular
- temblado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- temblando gerund
- temblada feminine participle past
- temblados masculine participle past
- tembladas feminine participle past
- tiemblas indicative informal present
- temblás indicative informal present
- tiembla indicative present singular
- temblamos first-person indicative plural
- tembláis indicative plural present
- tiemblan indicative plural present
- temblaba first-person imperfect indicative
- temblabas imperfect indicative second-person
- temblábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- temblabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce temblar?
- /temˈblaɾ/
- [t̪ẽmˈblaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to temblar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is temblar in Spanish?
temblar appears 3.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).