zombar

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: zom‧bar

Etymology 1

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Unknown.[1] Perhaps imitative.

Verb

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zombar (first-person singular present zombo, first-person singular preterite zombei, past participle zombado)

  1. (intransitive) to taunt; to jeer; to mock; to make fun of [with de ‘someone’]
    Synonyms: cachetar; caçoar de; (Brazil) debochar de; escarnecer; tirar sarro de
    Está zombando de mim?
    Are you mocking me?
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of zombar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal zombar
Personal zombar zombares zombar zombarmos zombardes zombarem
Gerund
zombando
Past participle
Masculine zombado zombados
Feminine zombada zombadas
Indicative
Present zombo zombas zomba zombamos zombais zombam
Imperfect zombava zombavas zombava zombávamos zombáveis zombavam
Preterite zombei zombaste zombou zombamos1, zombámos2 zombastes zombaram
Pluperfect zombara zombaras zombara zombáramos zombáreis zombaram
Future zombarei zombarás zombará zombaremos zombareis zombarão
Conditional zombaria zombarias zombaria zombaríamos zombaríeis zombariam
Subjunctive
Present zombe zombes zombe zombemos zombeis zombem
Imperfect zombasse zombasses zombasse zombássemos zombásseis zombassem
Future zombar zombares zombar zombarmos zombardes zombarem
Imperative
Affirmative zomba zombe zombemos zombai zombem
Negative (não) não zombes não zombe não zombemos não zombeis não zombem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Kimbundu kuzomba.[2]

Verb

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zombar (first-person singular present zombo, first-person singular preterite zombei, past participle zombado)

  1. (Angola, intransitive) to tiptoe; to walk slowly

References

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  1. ^ “zombar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
  2. ^ “zombar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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