trapalear
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From trápala + -ear; first element from imitative trapl, trap.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]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
[edit] Conjugation of trapalear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
[edit]- “trapalear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10