traspalar

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaspaˈlaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.paˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tras‧pa‧lar

Verb

traspalar (first-person singular present traspalo, first-person singular preterite traspalé, past participle traspalado)

1. (transitive) to shovel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of traspalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			traspalar
gerund			traspalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		traspalado		traspalada
		plural		traspalados		traspaladas
		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	traspalo	traspalastú traspalásvos	traspala	traspalamos	traspaláis	traspalan
	imperfect	traspalaba	traspalabas	traspalaba	traspalábamos	traspalabais	traspalaban
	preterite	traspalé	traspalaste	traspaló	traspalamos	traspalasteis	traspalaron
	future	traspalaré	traspalarás	traspalará	traspalaremos	traspalaréis	traspalarán
	conditional	traspalaría	traspalarías	traspalaría	traspalaríamos	traspalaríais	traspalarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	traspale	traspalestú traspalésvos2	traspale	traspalemos	traspaléis	traspalen
	imperfect (ra)	traspalara	traspalaras	traspalara	traspaláramos	traspalarais	traspalaran
	imperfect (se)	traspalase	traspalases	traspalase	traspalásemos	traspalaseis	traspalasen
	future1	traspalare	traspalares	traspalare	traspaláremos	traspalareis	traspalaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		traspalatú traspalávos	traspale	traspalemos	traspalad	traspalen
	negative		no traspales	no traspale	no traspalemos	no traspaléis	no traspalen

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

    Selected combined forms of traspalar

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 traspalar
	dative	traspalarme	traspalarte	traspalarle, traspalarse	traspalarnos	traspalaros	traspalarles, traspalarse
	accusative	traspalarme	traspalarte	traspalarlo, traspalarla, traspalarse	traspalarnos	traspalaros	traspalarlos, traspalarlas, traspalarse
with gerund traspalando
	dative	traspalándome	traspalándote	traspalándole, traspalándose	traspalándonos	traspalándoos	traspalándoles, traspalándose
	accusative	traspalándome	traspalándote	traspalándolo, traspalándola, traspalándose	traspalándonos	traspalándoos	traspalándolos, traspalándolas, traspalándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative traspala
	dative	traspálame	traspálate	traspálale	traspálanos	not used	traspálales
	accusative	traspálame	traspálate	traspálalo, traspálala	traspálanos	not used	traspálalos, traspálalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative traspalá
	dative	traspalame	traspalate	traspalale	traspalanos	not used	traspalales
	accusative	traspalame	traspalate	traspalalo, traspalala	traspalanos	not used	traspalalos, traspalalas
with formal second-person singular imperative traspale
	dative	traspáleme	not used	traspálele, traspálese	traspálenos	not used	traspáleles
	accusative	traspáleme	not used	traspálelo, traspálela, traspálese	traspálenos	not used	traspálelos, traspálelas
with first-person plural imperative traspalemos
	dative	not used	traspalémoste	traspalémosle	traspalémonos	traspalémoos	traspalémosles
	accusative	not used	traspalémoste	traspalémoslo, traspalémosla	traspalémonos	traspalémoos	traspalémoslos, traspalémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative traspalad
	dative	traspaladme	not used	traspaladle	traspaladnos	traspalaos	traspaladles
	accusative	traspaladme	not used	traspaladlo, traspaladla	traspaladnos	traspalaos	traspaladlos, traspaladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative traspalen
	dative	traspálenme	not used	traspálenle	traspálennos	not used	traspálenles, traspálense
	accusative	traspálenme	not used	traspálenlo, traspálenla	traspálennos	not used	traspálenlos, traspálenlas, traspálense

Further reading

• “traspalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014