tumbar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tumba by the concept of die, fall down or a borrowing from Old French tumber, tomber (Modern French tomber (“to fall”)), from Frankish *tūmōn (“to tumble”). More at English tumble.

Verb

tumbar (first-person singular present tumbo, first-person singular preterite tumbé, past participle tumbado)

(transitive) to knock over, tip (make fall)
(intransitive) to fall
(reflexive) to lie down

Conjugation

Conjugation of tumbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			tumbar
gerund			tumbando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tumbado		tumbada
		plural		tumbados		tumbadas
		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	tumbo	tumbas^tú tumbás^{^vos}	tumba	tumbamos	tumbáis	tumban
	imperfect	tumbaba	tumbabas	tumbaba	tumbábamos	tumbabais	tumbaban
	preterite	tumbé	tumbaste	tumbó	tumbamos	tumbasteis	tumbaron
	future	tumbaré	tumbarás	tumbará	tumbaremos	tumbaréis	tumbarán
	conditional	tumbaría	tumbarías	tumbaría	tumbaríamos	tumbaríais	tumbarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tumbe	tumbes^{^tú} tumbés^{^vos²}	tumbe	tumbemos	tumbéis	tumben
	imperfect (ra)	tumbara	tumbaras	tumbara	tumbáramos	tumbarais	tumbaran
	imperfect (se)	tumbase	tumbases	tumbase	tumbásemos	tumbaseis	tumbasen
	future¹	tumbare	tumbares	tumbare	tumbáremos	tumbareis	tumbaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tumba^{^tú} tumbá^{^vos}	tumbe	tumbemos	tumbad	tumben
	negative		no tumbes	no tumbe	no tumbemos	no tumbéis	no tumben

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

Selected combined forms of tumbar^{edit data}

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 tumbar
	dative	tumbarme	tumbarte	tumbarle, tumbarse	tumbarnos	tumbaros	tumbarles, tumbarse
	accusative	tumbarme	tumbarte	tumbarlo, tumbarla, tumbarse	tumbarnos	tumbaros	tumbarlos, tumbarlas, tumbarse

with gerund tumbando
	dative	tumbándome	tumbándote	tumbándole, tumbándose	tumbándonos	tumbándoos	tumbándoles, tumbándose
	accusative	tumbándome	tumbándote	tumbándolo, tumbándola, tumbándose	tumbándonos	tumbándoos	tumbándolos, tumbándolas, tumbándose

with informal second-person singular imperative tumba
	dative	túmbame	túmbate	túmbale	túmbanos	not used	túmbales
	accusative	túmbame	túmbate	túmbalo, túmbala	túmbanos	not used	túmbalos, túmbalas

with formal second-person singular imperative tumbe
	dative	túmbeme	not used	túmbele, túmbese	túmbenos	not used	túmbeles
	accusative	túmbeme	not used	túmbelo, túmbela, túmbese	túmbenos	not used	túmbelos, túmbelas

with first-person plural imperative tumbemos
	dative	not used	tumbémoste	tumbémosle	tumbémonos	tumbémoos	tumbémosles
	accusative	not used	tumbémoste	tumbémoslo, tumbémosla	tumbémonos	tumbémoos	tumbémoslos, tumbémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative tumbad
	dative	tumbadme	not used	tumbadle	tumbadnos	tumbaos	tumbadles
	accusative	tumbadme	not used	tumbadlo, tumbadla	tumbadnos	tumbaos	tumbadlos, tumbadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative tumben
	dative	túmbenme	not used	túmbenle	túmbennos	not used	túmbenles, túmbense
	accusative	túmbenme	not used	túmbenlo, túmbenla	túmbennos	not used	túmbenlos, túmbenlas, túmbense

Synonyms

(make fall): botar
(fall): caerse
(lay down): acostarse, echarse

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