bambolear
Portuguese, verb/bɐ̃.bo.leˈa(ʁ)/
bambolear is spelled B-A-M-B-O-L-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese, the 225,105th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bambolear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to waddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “menear-se, balançando o corpo”.
What does bambolear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to waddle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. menear-se, balançando o corpo 2. saracotear-se 3. gingar 4. brincar com um bambolê
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bambolear
- bamboleio first-person present singular
- bamboleei first-person preterite singular
- bamboleado participle past
- bamboleares infinitive second-person singular
- bambolearmos first-person infinitive plural
- bamboleardes infinitive plural second-person
- bambolearem infinitive plural third-person
- bamboleando gerund
- bamboleados masculine participle past
- bamboleada feminine participle past
- bamboleadas feminine participle past
- bamboleias indicative present second-person
- bamboleia indicative present singular
- bamboleamos first-person indicative plural
- bamboleais indicative plural present
- bamboleiam indicative plural present
- bamboleava first-person imperfect indicative
- bamboleavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bambolear?
- Brazil /bɐ̃.bo.leˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [bɐ̃.bo.leˈa(h)]
- /bɐ̃.bo.leˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bambolear in Portuguese?
bambolear appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).