trotar

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tɾuˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tɾoˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾoˈtaɾ]

Verb

trotar (first-person singular present troto, first-person singular preterite trotí, past participle trotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (intransitive) to trot
2. (intransitive) to rush, to walk hurriedly

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trotar (first conjugation)

infinitive			trotar
gerund			trotant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trotat		trotada
		plural		trotats		trotades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	troto	trotes	trota	trotem	troteu	troten
	imperfect	trotava	trotaves	trotava	trotàvem	trotàveu	trotaven
	future	trotaré	trotaràs	trotarà	trotarem	trotareu	trotaran
	preterite	trotí	trotares	trotà	trotàrem	trotàreu	trotaren
	conditional	trotaria	trotaries	trotaria	trotaríem	trotaríeu	trotarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	troti	trotis	troti	trotem	troteu	trotin
	imperfect	trotés	trotessis	trotés	trotéssim	trotéssiu	trotessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	trota	troti	trotem	troteu	trotin
	negative (no)	—	no trotis	no troti	no trotem	no troteu	no trotin

Derived terms

• trot
• trotada
• trotador

Further reading

• “trotar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Old French trotter, from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”). See trot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɔˈtaɾ/

Verb

trotar (first-person singular present troto, first-person singular preterite trotei, past participle trotado)

1. (intransitive, of a horse) to trot (to move at a gait between a walk and a canter)
   • 1409, José Luis Tomé Pensado, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 67:

     Et pois ueer tenpo frio deuenno cauallgar et fazerlle trotar porllas margẽes et porllas aradas mansamente pella mañaa

     And after the cold weather come, they should ride the colt and make him trot by the margins and by the ploughed fields gently in the morning

2. (intransitive) to ride a trotting mount

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trotar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trotar
Personal	trotar	trotares	trotar	trotarmos	trotardes	trotaren
Gerund
	trotando
Past participle
Masculine	trotado			trotados
Feminine	trotada			trotadas
Indicative
Present	troto	trotas	trota	trotamos	trotades	trotan
Imperfect	trotaba	trotabas	trotaba	trotabamos	trotabades	trotaban
Preterite	trotei	trotaches	trotou	trotamos	trotastes	trotaron
Pluperfect	trotara	trotaras	trotara	trotaramos	trotarades	trotaran
Future	trotarei	trotarás	trotará	trotaremos	trotaredes	trotarán
Conditional	trotaría	trotarías	trotaría	trotariamos	trotariades	trotarían
Subjunctive
Present	trote	trotes	trote	trotemos	trotedes	troten
Imperfect	trotase	trotases	trotase	trotásemos	trotásedes	trotasen
Future	trotar	trotares	trotar	trotarmos	trotardes	trotaren
Imperative
Affirmative		trota	trote	trotemos	trotade	troten
Negative (non)		non trotes	non trote	non trotemos	non trotedes	non troten

    Reintegrated conjugation of trotar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trotar
Personal	trotar	trotares	trotar	trotarmos	trotardes	trotarem
Gerund
	trotando
Past participle
Masculine	trotado			trotados
Feminine	trotada			trotadas
Indicative
Present	troto	trotas	trota	trotamos	trotades, trotais	trotam
Imperfect	trotava	trotavas	trotava	trotávamos	trotávades, trotáveis, trotávais1	trotavam
Preterite	trotei	trotaste, trotache1	trotou	trotamos	trotastes	trotárom, trotaram
Pluperfect	trotara	trotaras	trotara	trotáramos	trotárades, trotáreis, trotárais1	trotaram
Future	trotarei	trotarás	trotará	trotaremos	trotaredes, trotareis	trotarám, trotarão
Conditional	trotaria	trotarias	trotaria	trotaríamos	trotaríades, trotaríeis, trotaríais1	trotariam
Subjunctive
Present	trote	trotes	trote	trotemos	trotedes, troteis	trotem
Imperfect	trotasse	trotasses	trotasse	trotássemos	trotássedes, trotásseis	trotassem
Future	trotar	trotares	trotar	trotarmos	trotardes	trotarem
Imperative
Affirmative		trota	trote	trotemos	trotade, trotai	trotem
Negative (nom)		nom trotes	nom trote	nom trotemos	nom trotedes, nom troteis	nom trotem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• trote
• trotón

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trot”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trotar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “trotar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trotar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “trotar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trotar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

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Verb

trotar (present tense trotas, past tense trotis, future tense trotos, imperative trotez, conditional trotus)

1. to trot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trotar

		present		past		future
infinitive		trotar		trotir		trotor
tense		trotas		trotis		trotos
conditional		trotus
imperative		trotez
adjective active participle		trotanta		trotinta		trotonta
adverbial active participle		trotante		trotinte		trotonte
nominal active participle	singular	trotanto		trotinto		trotonto
	plural	trotanti		trotinti		trotonti
adjective passive participle		trotata		trotita		trotota
adverbial passive participle		trotate		trotite		trotote
nominal passive participle	singular	trotato		trotito		trototo
	plural	trotati		trotiti		trototi

Derived terms

• troteskar (“to fall into a trot”)
• trotigar (“to cause to trot”)

Portuguese

Etymology

From French trotter or Italian trottare, from Medieval Latin trottāre, from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to run, escape”). See trot.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾoˈta(ʁ)/ [tɾoˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾoˈta(ʁ)/ [tɾoˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾoˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾoˈta(ʁ)/ [tɾoˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾoˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈta.ɾi/

Verb

trotar (first-person singular present troto, first-person singular preterite trotei, past participle trotado)

1. (intransitive, of a horse) to trot (to move at a gait between a walk and a canter)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trotar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trotar
Personal	trotar	trotares	trotar	trotarmos	trotardes	trotarem
Gerund
	trotando
Past participle
Masculine	trotado			trotados
Feminine	trotada			trotadas
Indicative
Present	troto	trotas	trota	trotamos	trotais	trotam
Imperfect	trotava	trotavas	trotava	trotávamos	trotáveis	trotavam
Preterite	trotei	trotaste	trotou	trotamos1, trotámos2	trotastes	trotaram
Pluperfect	trotara	trotaras	trotara	trotáramos	trotáreis	trotaram
Future	trotarei	trotarás	trotará	trotaremos	trotareis	trotarão
Conditional	trotaria	trotarias	trotaria	trotaríamos	trotaríeis	trotariam
Subjunctive
Present	trote	trotes	trote	trotemos	troteis	trotem
Imperfect	trotasse	trotasses	trotasse	trotássemos	trotásseis	trotassem
Future	trotar	trotares	trotar	trotarmos	trotardes	trotarem
Imperative
Affirmative		trota	trote	trotemos	trotai	trotem
Negative (não)		não trotes	não trote	não trotemos	não troteis	não trotem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• trote

Further reading

• “trotar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French trotter or Italian trottare, from Medieval Latin trottāre, from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to run, escape”). See English trot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾoˈtaɾ/ [t̪ɾoˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tro‧tar

Verb

trotar (first-person singular present troto, first-person singular preterite troté, past participle trotado)

1. (intransitive, of a horse) to trot (to move at a gait between a walk and a canter)
2. (intransitive) to jog

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trotar
gerund			trotando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trotado		trotada
		plural		trotados		trotadas
		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	troto	trotastú trotásvos	trota	trotamos	trotáis	trotan
	imperfect	trotaba	trotabas	trotaba	trotábamos	trotabais	trotaban
	preterite	troté	trotaste	trotó	trotamos	trotasteis	trotaron
	future	trotaré	trotarás	trotará	trotaremos	trotaréis	trotarán
	conditional	trotaría	trotarías	trotaría	trotaríamos	trotaríais	trotarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trote	trotestú trotésvos2	trote	trotemos	trotéis	troten
	imperfect (ra)	trotara	trotaras	trotara	trotáramos	trotarais	trotaran
	imperfect (se)	trotase	trotases	trotase	trotásemos	trotaseis	trotasen
	future1	trotare	trotares	trotare	trotáremos	trotareis	trotaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trotatú trotávos	trote	trotemos	trotad	troten
	negative		no trotes	no trote	no trotemos	no trotéis	no troten

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

Derived terms

• trotacalles
• trotador
• trotamundos
• trote
• trotón

 

Further reading

• “trotar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28