samba – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of samba

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to samba
Participle: sambaed
Gerund: sambaing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Isamba
yousamba
he;she;itsambas
wesamba
yousamba
theysamba

Perfect

Ihave sambaed
youhave sambaed
he;she;ithas sambaed
wehave sambaed
youhave sambaed
theyhave sambaed

Past

Isambaed
yousambaed
he;she;itsambaed
wesambaed
yousambaed
theysambaed

Pluperfect

Ihad sambaed
youhad sambaed
he;she;ithad sambaed
wehad sambaed
youhad sambaed
theyhad sambaed

Future

Iwill samba
youwill samba
he;she;itwill samba
wewill samba
youwill samba
theywill samba

Future Perfect

Iwill have sambaed
youwill have sambaed
he;she;itwill have sambaed
wewill have sambaed
youwill have sambaed
theywill have sambaed

Subjunctive

Present

Isamba
yousamba
he;she;itsamba
wesamba
yousamba
theysamba

Perfect

Ihave sambaed
youhave sambaed
he;she;ithave sambaed
wehave sambaed
youhave sambaed
theyhave sambaed

Imperfect

Isambaed
yousambaed
he;she;itsambaed
wesambaed
yousambaed
theysambaed

Pluperfect

Ihad sambaed
youhad sambaed
he;she;ithad sambaed
wehad sambaed
youhad sambaed
theyhad sambaed

Conditional

Present

Iwould samba
youwould samba
he;she;itwould samba
wewould samba
youwould samba
theywould samba

Perfect

Iwould have sambaed
youwould have sambaed
he;she;itwould have sambaed
wewould have sambaed
youwould have sambaed
theywould have sambaed

Imperative

yousamba
weLet's samba
yousamba

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam sambaing
youare sambaing
he;she;itis sambaing
weare sambaing
youare sambaing
theyare sambaing

Perfect

Ihave been sambaing
youhave been sambaing
he;she;ithas been sambaing
wehave been sambaing
youhave been sambaing
theyhave been sambaing

Past

Iwas sambaing
youwere sambaing
he;she;itwas sambaing
wewere sambaing
youwere sambaing
theywere sambaing

Pluperfect

Ihad been sambaing
youhad been sambaing
he;she;ithad been sambaing
wehad been sambaing
youhad been sambaing
theyhad been sambaing

Future

Iwill be sambaing
youwill be sambaing
he;she;itwill be sambaing
wewill be sambaing
youwill be sambaing
theywill be sambaing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been sambaing
youwill have been sambaing
he;she;itwill have been sambaing
wewill have been sambaing
youwill have been sambaing
theywill have been sambaing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be sambaing
youwould be sambaing
he;she;itwould be sambaing
wewould be sambaing
youwould be sambaing
theywould be sambaing

Perfect

Iwould have been sambaing
youwould have been sambaing
he;she;itwould have been sambaing
wewould have been sambaing
youwould have been sambaing
theywould have been sambaing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'samba'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'samba'

jamb, lamb, mambo, rumba, sab, sabo, salsa, sam, sammy, sauna,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese samba, from a Bantu language. Doublet of semba.

Sample Sentences

  • In front of an audience, he tends to have a freer conversation with himself. The right conditions turn him into an extrovert. He sambas, in the Santo Amaro style. [2022 February 7, Jonathan Blitzer, “How Caetano Veloso Revolutionized Brazil’s Sound and Spirit”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2022:]