culebrear

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kulebɾeˈaɾ/ [ku.le.β̞ɾeˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: cu‧le‧bre‧ar

Verb

culebrear (first-person singular present culebreo, first-person singular preterite culebreé, past participle culebreado)

to wiggle, slither
Synonym: serpentear
to meander
to zigzag

Conjugation

Conjugation of culebrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			culebrear
gerund			culebreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		culebreado		culebreada
		plural		culebreados		culebreadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	culebreo	culebreas^{^tú} culebreás^{^vos}	culebrea	culebreamos	culebreáis	culebrean
	imperfect	culebreaba	culebreabas	culebreaba	culebreábamos	culebreabais	culebreaban
	preterite	culebreé	culebreaste	culebreó	culebreamos	culebreasteis	culebrearon
	future	culebrearé	culebrearás	culebreará	culebrearemos	culebrearéis	culebrearán
	conditional	culebrearía	culebrearías	culebrearía	culebrearíamos	culebrearíais	culebrearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	culebree	culebrees^{^tú} culebreés^{^vos²}	culebree	culebreemos	culebreéis	culebreen
	imperfect (ra)	culebreara	culebrearas	culebreara	culebreáramos	culebrearais	culebrearan
	imperfect (se)	culebrease	culebreases	culebrease	culebreásemos	culebreaseis	culebreasen
	future¹	culebreare	culebreares	culebreare	culebreáremos	culebreareis	culebrearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		culebrea^{^tú} culebreá^{^vos}	culebree	culebreemos	culebread	culebreen
	negative		no culebrees	no culebree	no culebreemos	no culebreéis	no culebreen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of culebrear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive culebrear	dative	culebrearme	culebrearte	culebrearle, culebrearse	culebrearnos	culebrearos	culebrearles, culebrearse
with infinitive culebrear	accusative	culebrearme	culebrearte	culebrearlo, culebrearla, culebrearse	culebrearnos	culebrearos	culebrearlos, culebrearlas, culebrearse

with gerund culebreando	dative	culebreándome	culebreándote	culebreándole, culebreándose	culebreándonos	culebreándoos	culebreándoles, culebreándose
with gerund culebreando	accusative	culebreándome	culebreándote	culebreándolo, culebreándola, culebreándose	culebreándonos	culebreándoos	culebreándolos, culebreándolas, culebreándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative culebrea	dative	culebréame	culebréate	culebréale	culebréanos	not used	culebréales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative culebrea	accusative	culebréame	culebréate	culebréalo, culebréala	culebréanos	not used	culebréalos, culebréalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative culebreá	dative	culebreame	culebreate	culebreale	culebreanos	not used	culebreales
	accusative	culebreame	culebreate	culebrealo, culebreala	culebreanos	not used	culebrealos, culebrealas

with formal second-person singular imperative culebree	dative	culebréeme	not used	culebréele, culebréese	culebréenos	not used	culebréeles
with formal second-person singular imperative culebree	accusative	culebréeme	not used	culebréelo, culebréela, culebréese	culebréenos	not used	culebréelos, culebréelas

with first-person plural imperative culebreemos	dative	not used	culebreémoste	culebreémosle	culebreémonos	culebreémoos	culebreémosles
with first-person plural imperative culebreemos	accusative	not used	culebreémoste	culebreémoslo, culebreémosla	culebreémonos	culebreémoos	culebreémoslos, culebreémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative culebread	dative	culebreadme	not used	culebreadle	culebreadnos	culebreaos	culebreadles
with informal second-person plural imperative culebread	accusative	culebreadme	not used	culebreadlo, culebreadla	culebreadnos	culebreaos	culebreadlos, culebreadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative culebreen	dative	culebréenme	not used	culebréenle	culebréennos	not used	culebréenles, culebréense
with formal second-person plural imperative culebreen	accusative	culebréenme	not used	culebréenlo, culebréenla	culebréennos	not used	culebréenlos, culebréenlas, culebréense

Derived terms

culebreo