temblar
Meaning
- (intransitive) to tremble, to quiver, to quake, to shudder, to cringe, to quail
- (intransitive) to shake
- (intransitive) to shiver
- (intransitive) to twitch
Concepts
give a start
de-at
shake violently
Synonyms
Frequency
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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