temblar

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to tremble, to quiver, to quake, to shudder, to cringe, to quail
  2. (intransitive) to shake
  3. (intransitive) to shiver
  4. (intransitive) to twitch

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
tem‧blar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/temˈblaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish temblar, tembrar, from an original trembrar (via dissimilation), from Late Latin tremulāre, a verb based on Classical Latin tremulus (“quivering”), from tremere (“tremble”). Doublet of tremolar.

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