Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃimba/ [ˈt͡ʃĩm.ba]
- Rhymes: -imba
- Syllabification: chim‧ba
Noun
chimba f (plural chimbas)
- (Colombia, colloquial) enjoyable, pleasurable, attractive thing
- Ese carro está muy chimba. ― That car is very cool.
- El computador que trajo es una chimba. ― The computer he brought is pretty cool.
2023, “QUÉ CHIMBA DE VIDA”, performed by KAROL G:Uff, qué chimba de vida / Estoy viviendo la life que quería- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Equivalent to colloquial English cool. It can be used with the verbs ser and estar (“to be”).
Adverb
chimba
- (Colombia, colloquial) properly, pleasantly
Esta me trata mucho más chimba que la otra.- This girl treats me way more pleasantly than the other one.
chimbita
Adjective
chimba
- feminine singular of chimbo
Further reading
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu [Term?].
Pronunciation
Verb
-chimba (infinitive kuchimba)
- to dig, to excavate
- to spy on someone, to cause trouble
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -chimba
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| Positive present
|
-nachimba
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| Subjunctive
|
-chimbe
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| Negative
|
-chimbi
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| Imperative singular
|
chimba
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Singular
|
chimba
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| Plural
|
chimbeni
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
|
huchimba
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| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lichimba
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| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kuchimba
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachimba)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
ninachimba/nachimba
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tunachimba
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| 2nd person
|
unachimba
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mnachimba
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anachimba
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wanachimba
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -nachimba
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -chimbi)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
sichimbi
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hatuchimbi
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| 2nd person
|
huchimbi
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hamchimbi
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
hachimbi
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hawachimbi
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -chimbi
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| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tachimba
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| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tachimba
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chimbe)
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Singular
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Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nichimbe
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tuchimbe
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| 2nd person
|
uchimbe
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mchimbe
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
achimbe
|
wachimbe
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| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -chimbe
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sichimbe
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngechimba
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singechimba
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalichimba
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalichimba
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| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achimba)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
nachimba
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twachimba
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| 2nd person
|
wachimba
|
mwachimba
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
achimba
|
wachimba
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
wachimba
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yachimba
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
lachimba
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yachimba
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chachimba
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vyachimba
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| n(IX/X)
|
yachimba
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zachimba
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| u(XI)
|
wachimba
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwachimba
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| pa(XVI)
|
pachimba
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| mu(XVIII)
|
mwachimba
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| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -mechimba
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshachimba
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jachimba
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kichimba
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipochimba
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| Consecutive
|
kachimba / positive subject concord + -kachimba
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| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kachimbe
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| Object concord (indicative positive)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
|
-nichimba
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-tuchimba
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| 2nd person
|
-kuchimba
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-wachimba/-kuchimbeni/-wachimbeni
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| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
-mchimba
|
-wachimba
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-uchimba
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-ichimba
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lichimba
|
-yachimba
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kichimba
|
-vichimba
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| n(IX/X)
|
-ichimba
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-zichimba
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| u(XI)
|
-uchimba
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kuchimba
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| pa(XVI)
|
-pachimba
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-muchimba
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| Reflexive
|
-jichimba
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| Relative forms
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| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chimba- + relative marker)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
|
-chimbaye
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-chimbao
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-chimbao
|
-chimbayo
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-chimbalo
|
-chimbayo
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chimbacho
|
-chimbavyo
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| n(IX/X)
|
-chimbayo
|
-chimbazo
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| u(XI)
|
-chimbao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-chimbako
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| pa(XVI)
|
-chimbapo
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-chimbamo
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| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chimba)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yechimba
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-ochimba
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| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-ochimba
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-yochimba
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lochimba
|
-yochimba
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chochimba
|
-vyochimba
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| n(IX/X)
|
-yochimba
|
-zochimba
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| u(XI)
|
-ochimba
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kochimba
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| pa(XVI)
|
-pochimba
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| mu(XVIII)
|
-mochimba
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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