# amblar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ambulāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əmˈbla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [amˈblaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Homophones: amblà, emblà, emblar

### Verb

amblar (first-person singular present amblo, first-person singular preterite amblí, past participle amblat)
* (intransitive, of a quadruped) to amble (to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | amblar | amblar | amblar | amblar | amblar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | amblant | amblant | amblant | amblant | amblant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | amblat | amblat | amblada | amblada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | amblats | amblats | amblades | amblades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | amblo | ambles | ambla | amblem | ambleu | amblen |
| indicative | imperfect | amblava | amblaves | amblava | amblàvem | amblàveu | amblaven |
| indicative | future | amblaré | amblaràs | amblarà | amblarem | amblareu | amblaran |
| indicative | preterite | amblí | amblares | amblà | amblàrem | amblàreu | amblaren |
| indicative | conditional | amblaria | amblaries | amblaria | amblaríem | amblaríeu | amblarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | ambli | amblis | ambli | amblem | ambleu | amblin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | amblés | amblessis | amblés | ambléssim | ambléssiu | amblessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | ambla | ambli | amblem | ambleu | amblin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no amblis | no ambli | no amblem | no ambleu | no amblin |

#### Derived terms

* amblador
* ambladura

### Further reading

* “amblar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “amblar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “amblar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “amblar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Anagrams

* balmar, rambla

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ambulāre. Compare the borrowed doublet ambular.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amˈblaɾ/ [ãmˈblaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: am‧blar

### Verb

amblar (first-person singular present amblo, first-person singular preterite amblé, past participle amblado)
* (intransitive, of a quadruped) to amble (to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | amblar | amblar | amblar | amblar | amblar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | amblando | amblando | amblando | amblando | amblando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | amblado | amblado | amblada | amblada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | amblados | amblados | ambladas | ambladas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | amblo | amblas$^{tú}$ amblás$^{vos}$ | ambla | amblamos | ambláis | amblan |
| indicative | imperfect | amblaba | amblabas | amblaba | amblábamos | amblabais | amblaban |
| indicative | preterite | amblé | amblaste | ambló | amblamos | amblasteis | amblaron |
| indicative | future | amblaré | amblarás | amblará | amblaremos | amblaréis | amblarán |
| indicative | conditional | amblaría | amblarías | amblaría | amblaríamos | amblaríais | amblarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | amble | ambles$^{tú}$ amblés$^{vos2}$ | amble | amblemos | ambléis | amblen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | amblara | amblaras | amblara | ambláramos | amblarais | amblaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | amblase | amblases | amblase | amblásemos | amblaseis | amblasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | amblare | amblares | amblare | ambláremos | amblareis | amblaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | ambla$^{tú}$ amblá$^{vos}$ | amble | amblemos | amblad | amblen |
| imperative | negative | | no ambles | no amble | no amblemos | no ambléis | no amblen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “amblar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014