trastabillar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• trastabillear

Etymology

From trastrabillar, from trans- +‎ traba (“obstacle, rub”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɾastabiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾastabiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tɾastabiˈʎaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾastabiˈʃaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾastabiˈʒaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tras‧ta‧bi‧llar

Verb

trastabillar (first-person singular present trastabillo, first-person singular preterite trastabillé, past participle trastabillado)

1. (intransitive) to stumble
2. (intransitive) to stutter, stammer

   Synonym: tartamudear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trastabillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trastabillar
gerund			trastabillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trastabillado		trastabillada
		plural		trastabillados		trastabilladas
		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	trastabillo	trastabillastú trastabillásvos	trastabilla	trastabillamos	trastabilláis	trastabillan
	imperfect	trastabillaba	trastabillabas	trastabillaba	trastabillábamos	trastabillabais	trastabillaban
	preterite	trastabillé	trastabillaste	trastabilló	trastabillamos	trastabillasteis	trastabillaron
	future	trastabillaré	trastabillarás	trastabillará	trastabillaremos	trastabillaréis	trastabillarán
	conditional	trastabillaría	trastabillarías	trastabillaría	trastabillaríamos	trastabillaríais	trastabillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trastabille	trastabillestú trastabillésvos2	trastabille	trastabillemos	trastabilléis	trastabillen
	imperfect (ra)	trastabillara	trastabillaras	trastabillara	trastabilláramos	trastabillarais	trastabillaran
	imperfect (se)	trastabillase	trastabillases	trastabillase	trastabillásemos	trastabillaseis	trastabillasen
	future1	trastabillare	trastabillares	trastabillare	trastabilláremos	trastabillareis	trastabillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trastabillatú trastabillávos	trastabille	trastabillemos	trastabillad	trastabillen
	negative		no trastabilles	no trastabille	no trastabillemos	no trastabilléis	no trastabillen

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

Further reading

• “trastabillar”, 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