lenguar la traba
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]A hyperthesis of trabar la lengua (“to fumble with one's tongue, to stammer, to stutter”), as a metasemantic emphasis on the act of messing with one's words.
Verb
[edit]lenguar la traba (impersonal, third-person singular present lengua la traba, third-person singular preterite lenguó la traba, past participle lenguado la traba)
- (impersonal, colloquial, pronominal) Synonym of trabar la lengua (to fumble with one's tongue, to stammer, to stutter)
- Se me lengua la traba cuando hablo en público.
- I stutter when I speak in public.
- 1872, Ángel Mondéjar y Mendoza, Luis de Charles, Mambrú, Madrid: J. Rodríguez, Escena XVI, page 28:
- –Es tanta mi emoción, señora mia, que se anudan las gargantas en mis palabras.
–Lo creo, porque se os lengua la traba.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1982 September 15, Luis, “Carta a los amigos sobre mi operación de almorranas”, in Andalán, numbers 364-365, Aragón, España, page 49:
- Y cuando el doctor me dijo: «A operarse tocan», y ya me había tocado, no se me lenguó la traba aunque casi me compuse.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | lenguar la traba | ||||||
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gerund | lenguando la traba | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | lenguado la traba | — | |||||
plural | — | — | |||||
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 | — | — | lengua la traba | — | — | — | |
imperfect | — | — | lenguaba la traba | — | — | — | |
preterite | — | — | lenguó la traba | — | — | — | |
future | — | — | lenguará la traba | — | — | — | |
conditional | — | — | lenguaría la traba | — | — | — | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | — | — | lengüe la traba | — | — | — | |
imperfect (ra) |
— | — | lenguara la traba | — | — | — | |
imperfect (se) |
— | — | lenguase la traba | — | — | — | |
future1 | — | — | lenguare la traba | — | — | — | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
negative | — | — | — | — | — |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive lenguar la traba | |||||||
dative | lenguarme la traba | lenguarte la traba | lenguarle la traba, lenguarse la traba | lenguarnos la traba | lenguaros la traba | lenguarles la traba, lenguarse la traba | |
accusative | lenguarme la traba | lenguarte la traba | lenguarlo la traba, lenguarla la traba, lenguarse la traba | lenguarnos la traba | lenguaros la traba | lenguarlos la traba, lenguarlas la traba, lenguarse la traba | |
with gerund lenguando la traba | |||||||
dative | lenguándome la traba | lenguándote la traba | lenguándole la traba, lenguándose la traba | lenguándonos la traba | lenguándoos la traba | lenguándoles la traba, lenguándose la traba | |
accusative | lenguándome la traba | lenguándote la traba | lenguándolo la traba, lenguándola la traba, lenguándose la traba | lenguándonos la traba | lenguándoos la traba | lenguándolos la traba, lenguándolas la traba, lenguándose la traba | |
with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | — | — | — | not used | — | |
accusative | — | — | —, — | — | not used | —, — | |
with formal second-person singular imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | not used | —, — | — | not used | — | |
accusative | — | not used | —, —, — | — | not used | —, — | |
with first-person plural imperative — | |||||||
dative | not used | — | — | — | — | — | |
accusative | not used | — | —, — | — | — | —, — | |
with informal second-person plural imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | not used | — | — | — | — | |
accusative | — | not used | —, — | — | — | —, — | |
with formal second-person plural imperative — | |||||||
dative | — | not used | — | — | not used | —, — | |
accusative | — | not used | —, — | — | not used | —, —, — |