trepidar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trepidāre.

Verb

trepidar (first-person singular present trepido, first-person singular preterite trepidé, past participle trepidado)

1. to vibrate

   Synonyms: temblar, vibrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trepidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trepidar
gerund			trepidando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trepidado		trepidada
		plural		trepidados		trepidadas
		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	trepido	trepidastú trepidásvos	trepida	trepidamos	trepidáis	trepidan
	imperfect	trepidaba	trepidabas	trepidaba	trepidábamos	trepidabais	trepidaban
	preterite	trepidé	trepidaste	trepidó	trepidamos	trepidasteis	trepidaron
	future	trepidaré	trepidarás	trepidará	trepidaremos	trepidaréis	trepidarán
	conditional	trepidaría	trepidarías	trepidaría	trepidaríamos	trepidaríais	trepidarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trepide	trepidestú trepidésvos2	trepide	trepidemos	trepidéis	trepiden
	imperfect (ra)	trepidara	trepidaras	trepidara	trepidáramos	trepidarais	trepidaran
	imperfect (se)	trepidase	trepidases	trepidase	trepidásemos	trepidaseis	trepidasen
	future1	trepidare	trepidares	trepidare	trepidáremos	trepidareis	trepidaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trepidatú trepidávos	trepide	trepidemos	trepidad	trepiden
	negative		no trepides	no trepide	no trepidemos	no trepidéis	no trepiden

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

Further reading

• “trepidar”, 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