tripear

Spanish

Etymology

From English trip, in the sense of intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition. More at trip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾipeˈaɾ/ [t̪ɾi.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tri‧pe‧ar

Verb

tripear (first-person singular present tripeo, first-person singular preterite tripeé, past participle tripeado)

1. (Panama, informal) To intensely enjoy, relish, or appreciate something; to find great pleasure or amusement in a particular experience, activity, or situation.

   Estoy tripeando buco esa serie.

   I'm really digging that series.

   ¡Llégate esta noche a la disco y tripea todas las plenas de tus tiempos!

   Come tonight to the nightclub and enjoy your classic jams!

2. (Panama, informal) To find notable or curious aspects or observations, including those that evoke a sense of irony, confusion, surprise, or heightened awareness

   Tripeo que ya solo me falta un semestre para cerrar materias.

   I can't believe that I only have one semester left to finish my courses.

   Estoy tripeando que ella se queja y hace lo mismo.

   It's amusing that she complains and yet she does the same thing.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tripear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tripear
gerund			tripeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tripeado		tripeada
		plural		tripeados		tripeadas
		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	tripeo	tripeastú tripeásvos	tripea	tripeamos	tripeáis	tripean
	imperfect	tripeaba	tripeabas	tripeaba	tripeábamos	tripeabais	tripeaban
	preterite	tripeé	tripeaste	tripeó	tripeamos	tripeasteis	tripearon
	future	tripearé	tripearás	tripeará	tripearemos	tripearéis	tripearán
	conditional	tripearía	tripearías	tripearía	tripearíamos	tripearíais	tripearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tripee	tripeestú tripeésvos2	tripee	tripeemos	tripeéis	tripeen
	imperfect (ra)	tripeara	tripearas	tripeara	tripeáramos	tripearais	tripearan
	imperfect (se)	tripease	tripeases	tripease	tripeásemos	tripeaseis	tripeasen
	future1	tripeare	tripeares	tripeare	tripeáremos	tripeareis	tripearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tripeatú tripeávos	tripee	tripeemos	tripead	tripeen
	negative		no tripees	no tripee	no tripeemos	no tripeéis	no tripeen

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

    Selected combined forms of tripear

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 tripear	dative	tripearme	tripearte	tripearle, tripearse	tripearnos	tripearos	tripearles, tripearse
	accusative	tripearme	tripearte	tripearlo, tripearla, tripearse	tripearnos	tripearos	tripearlos, tripearlas, tripearse
with gerund tripeando	dative	tripeándome	tripeándote	tripeándole, tripeándose	tripeándonos	tripeándoos	tripeándoles, tripeándose
	accusative	tripeándome	tripeándote	tripeándolo, tripeándola, tripeándose	tripeándonos	tripeándoos	tripeándolos, tripeándolas, tripeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tripea	dative	tripéame	tripéate	tripéale	tripéanos	not used	tripéales
	accusative	tripéame	tripéate	tripéalo, tripéala	tripéanos	not used	tripéalos, tripéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tripeá	dative	tripeame	tripeate	tripeale	tripeanos	not used	tripeales
	accusative	tripeame	tripeate	tripealo, tripeala	tripeanos	not used	tripealos, tripealas
with formal second-person singular imperative tripee	dative	tripéeme	not used	tripéele, tripéese	tripéenos	not used	tripéeles
	accusative	tripéeme	not used	tripéelo, tripéela, tripéese	tripéenos	not used	tripéelos, tripéelas
with first-person plural imperative tripeemos	dative	not used	tripeémoste	tripeémosle	tripeémonos	tripeémoos	tripeémosles
	accusative	not used	tripeémoste	tripeémoslo, tripeémosla	tripeémonos	tripeémoos	tripeémoslos, tripeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tripead	dative	tripeadme	not used	tripeadle	tripeadnos	tripeaos	tripeadles
	accusative	tripeadme	not used	tripeadlo, tripeadla	tripeadnos	tripeaos	tripeadlos, tripeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tripeen	dative	tripéenme	not used	tripéenle	tripéennos	not used	tripéenles, tripéense
	accusative	tripéenme	not used	tripéenlo, tripéenla	tripéennos	not used	tripéenlos, tripéenlas, tripéense

Further reading

• “tripear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010