trasegar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaseˈɡaɾ/ [t̪ɾa.seˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tra‧se‧gar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish trasfegar, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *trānsfrīcāre (from fricō (“to rub”)) or *trānsfaecāre (from faex (“dregs”)).

Cognate with Portuguese and Galician trasfegar, Catalan trafegar, Italian trafficare.

Noun

trasegar m (uncountable)

1. travels, journeying

Etymology 2

Verb

trasegar (first-person singular present trasiego, first-person singular preterite trasegué, past participle trasegado)

1. to move around
2. to transfer (liquid from one container to another)
3. to tope, booze (drink alcohol excessively)
4. to gulp (drink)
5. to smuggle (drugs)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trasegar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trasegar
gerund			trasegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trasegado		trasegada
		plural		trasegados		trasegadas
		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	trasiego	trasiegastú trasegásvos	trasiega	trasegamos	trasegáis	trasiegan
	imperfect	trasegaba	trasegabas	trasegaba	trasegábamos	trasegabais	trasegaban
	preterite	trasegué	trasegaste	trasegó	trasegamos	trasegasteis	trasegaron
	future	trasegaré	trasegarás	trasegará	trasegaremos	trasegaréis	trasegarán
	conditional	trasegaría	trasegarías	trasegaría	trasegaríamos	trasegaríais	trasegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trasiegue	trasieguestú traseguésvos2	trasiegue	traseguemos	traseguéis	trasieguen
	imperfect (ra)	trasegara	trasegaras	trasegara	trasegáramos	trasegarais	trasegaran
	imperfect (se)	trasegase	trasegases	trasegase	trasegásemos	trasegaseis	trasegasen
	future1	trasegare	trasegares	trasegare	trasegáremos	trasegareis	trasegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trasiegatú trasegávos	trasiegue	traseguemos	trasegad	trasieguen
	negative		no trasiegues	no trasiegue	no traseguemos	no traseguéis	no trasieguen

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

    Selected combined forms of trasegar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation)

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 trasegar
	dative	trasegarme	trasegarte	trasegarle, trasegarse	trasegarnos	trasegaros	trasegarles, trasegarse
	accusative	trasegarme	trasegarte	trasegarlo, trasegarla, trasegarse	trasegarnos	trasegaros	trasegarlos, trasegarlas, trasegarse
with gerund trasegando
	dative	trasegándome	trasegándote	trasegándole, trasegándose	trasegándonos	trasegándoos	trasegándoles, trasegándose
	accusative	trasegándome	trasegándote	trasegándolo, trasegándola, trasegándose	trasegándonos	trasegándoos	trasegándolos, trasegándolas, trasegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative trasiega
	dative	trasiégame	trasiégate	trasiégale	trasiéganos	not used	trasiégales
	accusative	trasiégame	trasiégate	trasiégalo, trasiégala	trasiéganos	not used	trasiégalos, trasiégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative trasegá
	dative	trasegame	trasegate	trasegale	traseganos	not used	trasegales
	accusative	trasegame	trasegate	trasegalo, trasegala	traseganos	not used	trasegalos, trasegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative trasiegue
	dative	trasiégueme	not used	trasiéguele, trasiéguese	trasiéguenos	not used	trasiégueles
	accusative	trasiégueme	not used	trasiéguelo, trasiéguela, trasiéguese	trasiéguenos	not used	trasiéguelos, trasiéguelas
with first-person plural imperative traseguemos
	dative	not used	traseguémoste	traseguémosle	traseguémonos	traseguémoos	traseguémosles
	accusative	not used	traseguémoste	traseguémoslo, traseguémosla	traseguémonos	traseguémoos	traseguémoslos, traseguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative trasegad
	dative	trasegadme	not used	trasegadle	trasegadnos	trasegaos	trasegadles
	accusative	trasegadme	not used	trasegadlo, trasegadla	trasegadnos	trasegaos	trasegadlos, trasegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative trasieguen
	dative	trasiéguenme	not used	trasiéguenle	trasiéguennos	not used	trasiéguenles, trasiéguense
	accusative	trasiéguenme	not used	trasiéguenlo, trasiéguenla	trasiéguennos	not used	trasiéguenlos, trasiéguenlas, trasiéguense

Further reading

• “trasegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28