tropezar

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Galician[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese entrepeçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Vulgar Latin *interpediare, from interpediō. Cognate with Portuguese tropeçar and Spanish tropezar.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [tɾopeˈθaɾ], (western) [tɾopeˈsaɾ]

Verb[edit]

tropezar (first-person singular present tropezo, first-person singular preterite tropecei, past participle tropezado)

  1. (intransitive) to trip, stumble, bump into
    O que tropeza e non cai, máis adiante un paso vai (proverb)He who trips and doesn't fall, a step ahead he goes
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 510:
      Et ontrepeçou o caualo do Çide enos mouros mortos et caeu en terra
      And the Cid's horse stumbled on the dead Moors and fell to the ground
  2. (intransitive) to get tripped up

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References[edit]

  • entrepeçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • ntrepeç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • tropezar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • tropezar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • tropezar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *interpediāre.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /tɾopeˈθaɾ/ [t̪ɾo.peˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /tɾopeˈsaɾ/ [t̪ɾo.peˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tro‧pe‧zar

Verb[edit]

tropezar (first-person singular present tropiezo, first-person singular preterite tropecé, past participle tropezado)

  1. (intransitive) to trip, stumble, bump into
    tropezar con dificultadesto run into difficulties
  2. (intransitive) to get tripped up
  3. (reflexive) to meet (someone) by chance
    Synonym: topar

Usage notes[edit]

  • Constructed as tropezar(se) con algo/alguien.

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