ambular

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əm.buˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [am.buˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [am.buˈla]

Verb

ambular (first-person singular present ambulo, first-person singular preterite ambulí, past participle ambulat)

1. alternative form of deambular

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of ambular (first conjugation)

infinitive			ambular
gerund			ambulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ambulat		ambulada
		plural		ambulats		ambulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ambulo	ambules	ambula	ambulem	ambuleu	ambulen
	imperfect	ambulava	ambulaves	ambulava	ambulàvem	ambulàveu	ambulaven
	future	ambularé	ambularàs	ambularà	ambularem	ambulareu	ambularan
	preterite	ambulí	ambulares	ambulà	ambulàrem	ambulàreu	ambularen
	conditional	ambularia	ambularies	ambularia	ambularíem	ambularíeu	ambularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ambuli	ambulis	ambuli	ambulem	ambuleu	ambulin
	imperfect	ambulés	ambulessis	ambulés	ambuléssim	ambuléssiu	ambulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ambula	ambuli	ambulem	ambuleu	ambulin
	negative (no)	—	no ambulis	no ambuli	no ambulem	no ambuleu	no ambulin

Further reading

• “ambular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ambular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ambular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ambular”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Interlingua

Verb

ambular

1. to walk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ambular

infinitive		ambular
participle		present	perfect
		ambulante	ambulate
active		simple	perfect
	present	ambula	ha ambulate
	past	ambulava	habeva ambulate
	future	ambulara	habera ambulate
	conditional	ambularea	haberea ambulate
	imperative	ambula	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es ambulate	ha essite ambulate
	past	esseva ambulate	habeva essite ambulate
	future	essera ambulate	habera essite ambulate
	conditional	esserea ambulate	haberea essite ambulate
	imperative	sia ambulate	—

Middle English

Noun

ambular

1. alternative form of ambler

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.

Proto-Italic *amβi-

Latin ambi-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *alō

Latin *alō

Latin ambulārebor.

Portuguese ambular

Borrowed from Latin ambulāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.buˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.buˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈla(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.buˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.buˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: am‧bu‧lar

Verb

ambular (first-person singular present ambulo, first-person singular preterite ambulei, past participle ambulado)

1. (intransitive) to stroll, to wander

   Synonyms: passear, vaguear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ambular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ambular
Personal	ambular	ambulares	ambular	ambularmos	ambulardes	ambularem
Gerund
	ambulando
Past participle
Masculine	ambulado			ambulados
Feminine	ambulada			ambuladas
Indicative
Present	ambulo	ambulas	ambula	ambulamos	ambulais	ambulam
Imperfect	ambulava	ambulavas	ambulava	ambulávamos	ambuláveis	ambulavam
Preterite	ambulei	ambulaste	ambulou	ambulamos1, ambulámos2	ambulastes	ambularam
Pluperfect	ambulara	ambularas	ambulara	ambuláramos	ambuláreis	ambularam
Future	ambularei	ambularás	ambulará	ambularemos	ambulareis	ambularão
Conditional	ambularia	ambularias	ambularia	ambularíamos	ambularíeis	ambulariam
Subjunctive
Present	ambule	ambules	ambule	ambulemos	ambuleis	ambulem
Imperfect	ambulasse	ambulasses	ambulasse	ambulássemos	ambulásseis	ambulassem
Future	ambular	ambulares	ambular	ambularmos	ambulardes	ambularem
Imperative
Affirmative		ambula	ambule	ambulemos	ambulai	ambulem
Negative (não)		não ambules	não ambule	não ambulemos	não ambuleis	não ambulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “ambular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ambular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.

Proto-Italic *amβi-

Latin ambi-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *alō

Latin *alō

Latin ambulārebor.

Spanish ambular

Borrowed from Latin ambulāre. Doublet of amblar and andar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambuˈlaɾ/ [ãm.buˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: am‧bu‧lar

Verb

ambular (first-person singular present ambulo, first-person singular preterite ambulé, past participle ambulado)

1. (rare, intransitive) to walk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ambular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ambular
gerund			ambulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ambulado		ambulada
		plural		ambulados		ambuladas
		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	ambulo	ambulastú ambulásvos	ambula	ambulamos	ambuláis	ambulan
	imperfect	ambulaba	ambulabas	ambulaba	ambulábamos	ambulabais	ambulaban
	preterite	ambulé	ambulaste	ambuló	ambulamos	ambulasteis	ambularon
	future	ambularé	ambularás	ambulará	ambularemos	ambularéis	ambularán
	conditional	ambularía	ambularías	ambularía	ambularíamos	ambularíais	ambularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ambule	ambulestú ambulésvos2	ambule	ambulemos	ambuléis	ambulen
	imperfect (ra)	ambulara	ambularas	ambulara	ambuláramos	ambularais	ambularan
	imperfect (se)	ambulase	ambulases	ambulase	ambulásemos	ambulaseis	ambulasen
	future1	ambulare	ambulares	ambulare	ambuláremos	ambulareis	ambularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ambulatú ambulávos	ambule	ambulemos	ambulad	ambulen
	negative		no ambules	no ambule	no ambulemos	no ambuléis	no ambulen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• ambulancia
• ambulante

Further reading

• “ambular”, 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