retumbar

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ tumbar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /retumˈbaɾ/ [re.t̪ũmˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧tum‧bar

Verb

retumbar (first-person singular present retumbo, first-person singular preterite retumbé, past participle retumbado)

1. to rumble
2. to thunder

   Synonym: tronar

   El sonido de los disparos no cesaba de retumbar en todo el campo.

   The sound of gunfire did not cease thundering throughout the countryside.

3. to resound

Conjugation

    Conjugation of retumbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			retumbar
gerund			retumbando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		retumbado		retumbada
		plural		retumbados		retumbadas
		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	retumbo	retumbastú retumbásvos	retumba	retumbamos	retumbáis	retumban
	imperfect	retumbaba	retumbabas	retumbaba	retumbábamos	retumbabais	retumbaban
	preterite	retumbé	retumbaste	retumbó	retumbamos	retumbasteis	retumbaron
	future	retumbaré	retumbarás	retumbará	retumbaremos	retumbaréis	retumbarán
	conditional	retumbaría	retumbarías	retumbaría	retumbaríamos	retumbaríais	retumbarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	retumbe	retumbestú retumbésvos2	retumbe	retumbemos	retumbéis	retumben
	imperfect (ra)	retumbara	retumbaras	retumbara	retumbáramos	retumbarais	retumbaran
	imperfect (se)	retumbase	retumbases	retumbase	retumbásemos	retumbaseis	retumbasen
	future1	retumbare	retumbares	retumbare	retumbáremos	retumbareis	retumbaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		retumbatú retumbávos	retumbe	retumbemos	retumbad	retumben
	negative		no retumbes	no retumbe	no retumbemos	no retumbéis	no retumben

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

Derived terms

• retumbante
• retumbo

 

Further reading

• “retumbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10