trasiego

Spanish

FWOTD – 4 March 2024

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈsjeɡo/ [t̪ɾaˈsje.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: tra‧sie‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from trasegar.

Noun

trasiego m (plural trasiegos)

1. transfer
   • 2015 September 18, “Muchas ventas para menos presupuesto”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Así, el trasiego de futbolistas, la salida en manada, desvertebró al equipo de sus principales figuras.

     Just like that, the transfer of players, going on in a pack, stripped the team of its backbone.

2. hustle and bustle; coming and going
   • 1915, Joaquín Dicenta, El hampón, chapter 5:

     Irene constituía la excepción en el trasiego de camareras y de tiples.

     Irene was the exception from the coming and going of waitresses and trebles.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trasiego

1. first-person singular present indicative of trasegar

Further reading

• “trasiego”, 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