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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German trampen (to walk heavily), or from Medieval Latin trappa, from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dremb- (to run); or possibly ultimately onomatopoeic.

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trampa f (plural trampes)

  1. trap, pit trap
    Synonym: parany
  2. trick, deceit
    Synonym: truc

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish trampa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾampa/, [ˈt̪ɾãm.pa]
  • Hyphenation: tram‧pa

Noun

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trampa

  1. trap

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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trampa

  1. inflection of trampe:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Portuguese

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Verb

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trampa

  1. inflection of trampar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ترامپه (tirampa), from Italian tramuta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /trâːmpa/
  • Hyphenation: tram‧pa

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trȃmpa f (Cyrillic spelling тра̑мпа)

  1. barter

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German trampen (to walk heavily), or from Medieval Latin trappa, from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dremb- (to run); or possibly ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾampa/ [ˈt̪ɾãm.pa]
  • Rhymes: -ampa
  • Syllabification: tram‧pa

Noun

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trampa f (plural trampas)

  1. trap, snare (device for trapping animals)
    Synonym: cepo
  2. cheat, trick, cheating, deceit, fraud, scam (act of deception, especially for unlawful gain)
    Synonym: engaño
    hacer trampasto cheat
  3. trapdoor (hinged or sliding door set into a floor)
    Synonym: escotillón

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish trampa, from Old Norse trampa, from Proto-Germanic *trampaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (to run). Cognate with Norwegian trampe. Compare English trample. The noun is derived from the verb.

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Verb

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trampa (present trampar, preterite trampade, supine trampat, imperative trampa)

  1. to step, to tramp
    • 1913, Joe Hill (lyrics and music), “The Tramp”:
      Tramp, tramp, tramp gå på och trampa, här finns ingenting att få
      Tramp, tramp, tramp, keep on a-tramping, Nothing doing here for you
  2. to pedal (for example a bicycle)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of trampa (weak)
active passive
infinitive trampa trampas
supine trampat trampats
imperative trampa
imper. plural1 trampen
present past present past
indicative trampar trampade trampas trampades
ind. plural1 trampa trampade trampas trampades
subjunctive2 trampe trampade trampes trampades
present participle trampande
past participle trampad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Noun

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trampa c

  1. a pedal

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