Wiktionary

trabar

Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese trave, ultimately from Latin trabs (“beam”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

trabar (first-person singular present trabo, first-person singular preterite trabei, past participle trabado)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to bite; to grab
    Synonyms: chanchar, morder, trincar
    Non teñas medo que este can non traba.
    Don't be afraid, this dog won't bite you.
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:
      Quando as ditas llandoas creçeren asy como Nozes, ou mais ou menos, traua dellas llogo et apretaas et fendeas ao llongo con canyuete agudo
      when these growths become big as nuts, give or take, grab them readily and squeeze them and cut them open lengthwise with a sharp knife
  2. (transitive) to fetter
    Synonym: pexar
  3. (transitive) to obstruct or impede
  4. (transitive) to fasten, connect or join
  5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to entangle

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of trabar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal trabar
Personal trabar trabares trabar trabarmos trabardes trabaren
Gerund
trabando
Past participle
Masculine trabado trabados
Feminine trabada trabadas
Indicative
Present trabo trabas traba trabamos trabades traban
Imperfect trababa trababas trababa trababamos trababades trababan
Preterite trabei trabaches trabou trabamos trabastes trabaron
Pluperfect trabara trabaras trabara trabaramos trabarades trabaran
Future trabarei trabarás trabará trabaremos trabaredes trabarán
Conditional trabaría trabarías trabaría trabariamos trabariades trabarían
Subjunctive
Present trabe trabes trabe trabemos trabedes traben
Imperfect trabase trabases trabase trabásemos trabásedes trabasen
Future trabar trabares trabar trabarmos trabardes trabaren
Imperative
Affirmative traba trabe trabemos trabade traben
Negative (non) non trabes non trabe non trabemos non trabedes non traben

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • “travar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “trava” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “trabar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “trabar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “trabar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From traba.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tɾaˈbaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈβ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tra‧bar

Verb edit

trabar (first-person singular present trabo, first-person singular preterite trabé, past participle trabado)

  1. to connect, to join (pieces of wood)
    Synonyms: conectar, juntar
  2. to obstruct
    Antonym: destrabar
  3. to hold back
  4. to fasten
  5. to thicken (sauce, pudding etc.)
    Synonyms: enganchar, sujetar, agarrar, espesar
  6. (reflexive) to get caught up, to become entangled
    Synonym: enredarse
  7. (reflexive) to jam, to get jammed, to get stuck, to seize up
    Synonym: atascarse

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of trabar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive trabar
gerund trabando
past participle masculine feminine
singular trabado trabada
plural trabados trabadas
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 trabo trabastú
trabásvos 		traba trabamos trabáis traban
imperfect trababa trababas trababa trabábamos trababais trababan
preterite trabé trabaste trabó trabamos trabasteis trabaron
future trabaré trabarás trabará trabaremos trabaréis trabarán
conditional trabaría trabarías trabaría trabaríamos trabaríais trabarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present trabe trabestú
trabésvos2 		trabe trabemos trabéis traben
imperfect
(ra) 		trabara trabaras trabara trabáramos trabarais trabaran
imperfect
(se) 		trabase trabases trabase trabásemos trabaseis trabasen
future1 trabare trabares trabare trabáremos trabareis trabaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative trabatú
trabávos 		trabe trabemos trabad traben
negative no trabes no trabe no trabemos no trabéis no traben

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of trabar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive trabar
dative trabarme trabarte trabarle, trabarse trabarnos trabaros trabarles, trabarse
accusative trabarme trabarte trabarlo, trabarla, trabarse trabarnos trabaros trabarlos, trabarlas, trabarse
with gerund trabando
dative trabándome trabándote trabándole, trabándose trabándonos trabándoos trabándoles, trabándose
accusative trabándome trabándote trabándolo, trabándola, trabándose trabándonos trabándoos trabándolos, trabándolas, trabándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative traba
dative trábame trábate trábale trábanos not used trábales
accusative trábame trábate trábalo, trábala trábanos not used trábalos, trábalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative trabá
dative trabame trabate trabale trabanos not used trabales
accusative trabame trabate trabalo, trabala trabanos not used trabalos, trabalas
with formal second-person singular imperative trabe
dative trábeme not used trábele, trábese trábenos not used trábeles
accusative trábeme not used trábelo, trábela, trábese trábenos not used trábelos, trábelas
with first-person plural imperative trabemos
dative not used trabémoste trabémosle trabémonos trabémoos trabémosles
accusative not used trabémoste trabémoslo, trabémosla trabémonos trabémoos trabémoslos, trabémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative trabad
dative trabadme not used trabadle trabadnos trabaos trabadles
accusative trabadme not used trabadlo, trabadla trabadnos trabaos trabadlos, trabadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative traben
dative trábenme not used trábenle trábennos not used trábenles, trábense
accusative trábenme not used trábenlo, trábenla trábennos not used trábenlos, trábenlas, trábense

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=trabar&oldid=76798861"