balbucir
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin balbūtīre, from balbus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /balbuˈθiɾ/ [bal.β̞uˈθiɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /balbuˈsiɾ/ [bal.β̞uˈsiɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: bal‧bu‧cir
Verb
balbucir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present balbuce, first-person singular preterite balbucí, past participle balbucido)
- to stammer
Conjugation
Conjugation of balbucir (defective) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | balbucir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | balbuciendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | balbucido | balbucida | |||||
| plural | balbucidos | balbucidas | |||||
| 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 | — | balbucestú balbucísvos |
balbuce | balbucimos | balbucís | balbucen | |
| imperfect | balbucía | balbucías | balbucía | balbucíamos | balbucíais | balbucían | |
| preterite | balbucí | balbuciste | balbució | balbucimos | balbucisteis | balbucieron | |
| future | balbuciré | balbucirás | balbucirá | balbuciremos | balbuciréis | balbucirán | |
| conditional | balbuciría | balbucirías | balbuciría | balbuciríamos | balbuciríais | balbucirían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| imperfect (ra) |
balbuciera | balbucieras | balbuciera | balbuciéramos | balbucierais | balbucieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
balbuciese | balbucieses | balbuciese | balbuciésemos | balbucieseis | balbuciesen | |
| future1 | balbuciere | balbucieres | balbuciere | balbuciéremos | balbuciereis | balbucieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | balbucetú balbucívos |
— | — | balbucid | — | ||
| negative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “balbucir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025