trastear

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Spanish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From trasto +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /tɾasteˈaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tras‧te‧ar

Verb

[edit]

trastear (first-person singular present trasteo, first-person singular preterite trasteé, past participle trasteado)

  1. to move things around, to jumble up things
  2. to play up, play about, misbehave
  3. to manage, cope well
  4. to fiddle with, tinker
    • 2023 May 26, Jordi Pérez Colomé, “Quién es Sam Altman: millonario creador de ChatGPT, gurú de ‘startups’ y profeta apocalíptico”, in El País[1]:
      Altman creció en Saint Louis (Misuri), en la América profunda. A los ocho años ya trasteaba con ordenadores, como es de rigor en estos perfiles de éxito en Silicon Valley.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  5. (bullfighting) to toy with the cape

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]