trapalear
Spanish
Etymology
trápala + -ear; first element from imitative trapl, trap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾapaleˈaɾ/ [t̪ɾa.pa.leˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tra‧pa‧le‧ar
Verb
trapalear (first-person singular present trapaleo, first-person singular preterite trapaleé, past participle trapaleado)
- (intransitive) to walk around noisily
- (intransitive) to talk excessively and without making sense
- (intransitive) to act as a deceiver or charlatan
Conjugation
Conjugation of trapalear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | trapalear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | trapaleando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | trapaleado | trapaleada | |||||
| plural | trapaleados | trapaleadas | |||||
| 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 | trapaleo | trapaleastú trapaleásvos | trapalea | trapaleamos | trapaleáis | trapalean | |
| imperfect | trapaleaba | trapaleabas | trapaleaba | trapaleábamos | trapaleabais | trapaleaban | |
| preterite | trapaleé | trapaleaste | trapaleó | trapaleamos | trapaleasteis | trapalearon | |
| future | trapalearé | trapalearás | trapaleará | trapalearemos | trapalearéis | trapalearán | |
| conditional | trapalearía | trapalearías | trapalearía | trapalearíamos | trapalearíais | trapalearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | trapalee | trapaleestú trapaleésvos2 | trapalee | trapaleemos | trapaleéis | trapaleen | |
| imperfect (ra) | trapaleara | trapalearas | trapaleara | trapaleáramos | trapalearais | trapalearan | |
| imperfect (se) | trapalease | trapaleases | trapalease | trapaleásemos | trapaleaseis | trapaleasen | |
| future1 | trapaleare | trapaleares | trapaleare | trapaleáremos | trapaleareis | trapalearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | trapaleatú trapaleávos | trapalee | trapaleemos | trapalead | trapaleen | ||
| negative | no trapalees | no trapalee | no trapaleemos | no trapaleéis | no trapaleen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “trapalear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014