chambear

Spanish

Etymology

From chamba (“job”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃambeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃãm.beˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cham‧be‧ar

Verb

chambear (first-person singular present chambeo, first-person singular preterite chambeé, past participle chambeado)

1. (intransitive, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru) to work

   Synonyms: trabajar; see also Thesaurus:trabajar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chambear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chambear
gerund			chambeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chambeado		chambeada
		plural		chambeados		chambeadas
		singular			plural
		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	chambeo	chambeastú chambeásvos	chambea	chambeamos	chambeáis	chambean
	imperfect	chambeaba	chambeabas	chambeaba	chambeábamos	chambeabais	chambeaban
	preterite	chambeé	chambeaste	chambeó	chambeamos	chambeasteis	chambearon
	future	chambearé	chambearás	chambeará	chambearemos	chambearéis	chambearán
	conditional	chambearía	chambearías	chambearía	chambearíamos	chambearíais	chambearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chambee	chambeestú chambeésvos2	chambee	chambeemos	chambeéis	chambeen
	imperfect (ra)	chambeara	chambearas	chambeara	chambeáramos	chambearais	chambearan
	imperfect (se)	chambease	chambeases	chambease	chambeásemos	chambeaseis	chambeasen
	future1	chambeare	chambeares	chambeare	chambeáremos	chambeareis	chambearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chambeatú chambeávos	chambee	chambeemos	chambead	chambeen
	negative		no chambees	no chambee	no chambeemos	no chambeéis	no chambeen

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

Derived terms

• chambeador m

 

Related terms

• chamba f

 

Further reading

• “chambear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16