trapichear

Spanish

Etymology

From trapiche +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾapit͡ʃeˈaɾ/ [t̪ɾa.pi.t͡ʃeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tra‧pi‧che‧ar

Verb

trapichear (first-person singular present trapicheo, first-person singular preterite trapicheé, past participle trapicheado)

1. to fiddle, scheme

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trapichear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trapichear
gerund			trapicheando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trapicheado		trapicheada
		plural		trapicheados		trapicheadas
		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	trapicheo	trapicheastú trapicheásvos	trapichea	trapicheamos	trapicheáis	trapichean
	imperfect	trapicheaba	trapicheabas	trapicheaba	trapicheábamos	trapicheabais	trapicheaban
	preterite	trapicheé	trapicheaste	trapicheó	trapicheamos	trapicheasteis	trapichearon
	future	trapichearé	trapichearás	trapicheará	trapichearemos	trapichearéis	trapichearán
	conditional	trapichearía	trapichearías	trapichearía	trapichearíamos	trapichearíais	trapichearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trapichee	trapicheestú trapicheésvos2	trapichee	trapicheemos	trapicheéis	trapicheen
	imperfect (ra)	trapicheara	trapichearas	trapicheara	trapicheáramos	trapichearais	trapichearan
	imperfect (se)	trapichease	trapicheases	trapichease	trapicheásemos	trapicheaseis	trapicheasen
	future1	trapicheare	trapicheares	trapicheare	trapicheáremos	trapicheareis	trapichearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trapicheatú trapicheávos	trapichee	trapicheemos	trapichead	trapicheen
	negative		no trapichees	no trapichee	no trapicheemos	no trapicheéis	no trapicheen

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

Derived terms

• trapicheo

 

Further reading

• “trapichear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014