trapichear
Spanish
Etymology
trapiche + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾapit͡ʃeˈaɾ/ [t̪ɾa.pi.t͡ʃeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tra‧pi‧che‧ar
Verb
trapichear (first-person singular present trapicheo, first-person singular preterite trapicheé, past participle trapicheado)
- to fiddle, scheme
Conjugation
Conjugation of trapichear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | trapichear | ||||||
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gerund | trapicheando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | trapicheado | trapicheada | |||||
plural | trapicheados | trapicheadas | |||||
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 | trapicheo | trapicheastú trapicheásvos | trapichea | trapicheamos | trapicheáis | trapichean | |
imperfect | trapicheaba | trapicheabas | trapicheaba | trapicheábamos | trapicheabais | trapicheaban | |
preterite | trapicheé | trapicheaste | trapicheó | trapicheamos | trapicheasteis | trapichearon | |
future | trapichearé | trapichearás | trapicheará | trapichearemos | trapichearéis | trapichearán | |
conditional | trapichearía | trapichearías | trapichearía | trapichearíamos | trapichearíais | trapichearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | trapichee | trapicheestú trapicheésvos2 | trapichee | trapicheemos | trapicheéis | trapicheen | |
imperfect (ra) | trapicheara | trapichearas | trapicheara | trapicheáramos | trapichearais | trapichearan | |
imperfect (se) | trapichease | trapicheases | trapichease | trapicheásemos | trapicheaseis | trapicheasen | |
future1 | trapicheare | trapicheares | trapicheare | trapicheáremos | trapicheareis | trapichearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | trapicheatú trapicheávos | trapichee | trapicheemos | trapichead | trapicheen | ||
negative | no trapichees | no trapichee | no trapicheemos | no trapicheéis | no trapicheen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- trapicheo
Further reading
- “trapichear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014