trastocar

Spanish

Etymology

From trastrocar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾastoˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪oˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tras‧to‧car

Verb

trastocar (first-person singular present trastoco, first-person singular preterite trastoqué, past participle trastocado)

1. (transitive) to upset, unsettle

   Synonym: trastornar

   • 2020 October 28, “Apple pretende desarrollar su propio buscador web para no depender de Google”, in El País‎^[1]:

     En los últimos días, la idea ha ganado fuerza gracias a la demanda antimonopolio presentada por el Departamento de Justicia de EE UU contra Google, que puede trastocar de lleno la relación que mantienen Apple y Google.

     In recent days, the idea has gained momentum thanks to the antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Google, which may completely disrupt the relationship between Apple and Google.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trastocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trastocar
gerund			trastocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trastocado		trastocada
		plural		trastocados		trastocadas
		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	trastoco	trastocastú trastocásvos	trastoca	trastocamos	trastocáis	trastocan
	imperfect	trastocaba	trastocabas	trastocaba	trastocábamos	trastocabais	trastocaban
	preterite	trastoqué	trastocaste	trastocó	trastocamos	trastocasteis	trastocaron
	future	trastocaré	trastocarás	trastocará	trastocaremos	trastocaréis	trastocarán
	conditional	trastocaría	trastocarías	trastocaría	trastocaríamos	trastocaríais	trastocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trastoque	trastoquestú trastoquésvos2	trastoque	trastoquemos	trastoquéis	trastoquen
	imperfect (ra)	trastocara	trastocaras	trastocara	trastocáramos	trastocarais	trastocaran
	imperfect (se)	trastocase	trastocases	trastocase	trastocásemos	trastocaseis	trastocasen
	future1	trastocare	trastocares	trastocare	trastocáremos	trastocareis	trastocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trastocatú trastocávos	trastoque	trastoquemos	trastocad	trastoquen
	negative		no trastoques	no trastoque	no trastoquemos	no trastoquéis	no trastoquen

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

    Selected combined forms of trastocar (c-qu 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 trastocar
	dative	trastocarme	trastocarte	trastocarle, trastocarse	trastocarnos	trastocaros	trastocarles, trastocarse
	accusative	trastocarme	trastocarte	trastocarlo, trastocarla, trastocarse	trastocarnos	trastocaros	trastocarlos, trastocarlas, trastocarse
with gerund trastocando
	dative	trastocándome	trastocándote	trastocándole, trastocándose	trastocándonos	trastocándoos	trastocándoles, trastocándose
	accusative	trastocándome	trastocándote	trastocándolo, trastocándola, trastocándose	trastocándonos	trastocándoos	trastocándolos, trastocándolas, trastocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative trastoca
	dative	trastócame	trastócate	trastócale	trastócanos	not used	trastócales
	accusative	trastócame	trastócate	trastócalo, trastócala	trastócanos	not used	trastócalos, trastócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative trastocá
	dative	trastocame	trastocate	trastocale	trastocanos	not used	trastocales
	accusative	trastocame	trastocate	trastocalo, trastocala	trastocanos	not used	trastocalos, trastocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative trastoque
	dative	trastóqueme	not used	trastóquele, trastóquese	trastóquenos	not used	trastóqueles
	accusative	trastóqueme	not used	trastóquelo, trastóquela, trastóquese	trastóquenos	not used	trastóquelos, trastóquelas
with first-person plural imperative trastoquemos
	dative	not used	trastoquémoste	trastoquémosle	trastoquémonos	trastoquémoos	trastoquémosles
	accusative	not used	trastoquémoste	trastoquémoslo, trastoquémosla	trastoquémonos	trastoquémoos	trastoquémoslos, trastoquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative trastocad
	dative	trastocadme	not used	trastocadle	trastocadnos	trastocaos	trastocadles
	accusative	trastocadme	not used	trastocadlo, trastocadla	trastocadnos	trastocaos	trastocadlos, trastocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative trastoquen
	dative	trastóquenme	not used	trastóquenle	trastóquennos	not used	trastóquenles, trastóquense
	accusative	trastóquenme	not used	trastóquenlo, trastóquenla	trastóquennos	not used	trastóquenlos, trastóquenlas, trastóquense

Further reading

• “trastocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16