trago

See also: tragó

Asturian

Verb

trago

1. first-person singular present indicative of tragar

Catalan

Verb

trago

1. first-person singular present indicative of tragar

Galician

Verb

trago

1. first-person singular present indicative of tragar
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of trazer

Latin

Etymology

From Classical trahō. Attested in the works of Fredegarius in the seventh century.

Verb

tragō (present infinitive tragere, perfect active trāxī, supine tractum); third conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

1. to drag, pull

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tragō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tragō		tragis		tragit		tragimus		tragitis		tragunt
	imperfect	tragēbam		tragēbās		tragēbat		tragēbāmus		tragēbātis		tragēbant
	future	tragam		tragēs		traget		tragēmus		tragētis		tragent
	perfect	trāxī		trāxistī		trāxit		trāximus		trāxistis		trāxērunt, trāxēre
	pluperfect	trāxeram		trāxerās		trāxerat		trāxerāmus		trāxerātis		trāxerant
	future perfect	trāxerō		trāxeris		trāxerit		trāxerimus		trāxeritis		trāxerint
passive	present	tragor		trageris, tragere		tragitur		tragimur		tragiminī		traguntur
	imperfect	tragēbar		tragēbāris, tragēbāre		tragēbātur		tragēbāmur		tragēbāminī		tragēbantur
	future	tragar		tragēris, tragēre		tragētur		tragēmur		tragēminī		tragentur
	perfect	tractus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tractus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tractus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tragam		tragās		tragat		tragāmus		tragātis		tragant
	imperfect	tragerem		tragerēs		trageret		tragerēmus		tragerētis		tragerent
	perfect	trāxerim		trāxerīs		trāxerit		trāxerīmus		trāxerītis		trāxerint
	pluperfect	trāxissem		trāxissēs		trāxisset		trāxissēmus		trāxissētis		trāxissent
passive	present	tragar		tragāris, tragāre		tragātur		tragāmur		tragāminī		tragantur
	imperfect	tragerer		tragerēris, tragerēre		tragerētur		tragerēmur		tragerēminī		tragerentur
	perfect	tractus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tractus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		trage		—		—		tragite		—
	future	—		tragitō		tragitō		—		tragitōte		traguntō
passive	present	—		tragere		—		—		tragiminī		—
	future	—		tragitor		tragitor		—		—		traguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		tragere			tragī			tragēns			—
future		tractūrum esse			tractum īrī			tractūrus			tragendus, tragundus
perfect		trāxisse			tractum esse			—			tractus
future perfect		—			tractum fore			—			—
perfect potential		tractūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		tragendī		tragendō		tragendum		tragendō		tractum		tractū

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: trag, tragu, tradziri
  • Romanian: trage, tragere
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: traire, treire, trere
    • Middle French: traire
      • French: traire
      • Norman: traire (Guernsey), traithe (Jersey)
  • Old Occitan: traire

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.ɡu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.ɡu/ [ˈtɾa.ɣu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.ɡu/ [ˈtɾa.ɣu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.ɡu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -aɡu
• Hyphenation: tra‧go

Etymology 1

From tragar.

Noun

trago m (plural tragos)

1. swig; gulp (a swallowed sip, especially of an alcoholic beverage)

   Synonyms: tragada, (more general) gole

2. (Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul) any alcoholic beverage (especially of beer)

   Synonyms: cerveja, bebida, bira, ceva

   Vamos tomar um trago?

   Shall we drink a beer?

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trago

1. first-person singular present indicative of tragar

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese trago, from Early Medieval Latin tragō.

Verb

trago

1. first-person singular present indicative of trazer

Participle

trago (feminine traga, masculine plural tragos, feminine plural tragas)

1. (Brazil, nonstandard) synonym of trazido

   Eu tinha trago o papel. ― I had brought the paper.

Further reading

• “trago”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “trago”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaɡo/ [ˈt̪ɾa.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: tra‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from tragar.

Noun

trago m (plural tragos)

1. gulp, sip
   • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 74:

     Amalia da un último trago a su güisqui y pide otro. El mío está todavía a medias. Ella me mira, con el vaso vacío entre las manos, y sonríe.

     Amalia takes a last sip of her whisky and asks for another. Mine is still halfway through. She looks at me, her empty glass in her hands, and smiles.

2. (Latin America) alcoholic drink; booze

   Synonyms: bebercio, fuerte, priva, escabio

3. (colloquial) difficulty, problem, issue

   Synonyms: dificultad, problema

Derived terms

• a tragos
• mal trago
• trago amargo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat; part of the ear”); see English tragus.

Noun

trago m (plural tragos)

1. (anatomy) tragus

Etymology 3

Verb

trago

1. first-person singular present indicative of tragar

Further reading

• “trago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025