trair

See also: traïr

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin trādere, present active infinitive of trādō.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /tɾəˈi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈiɾ/

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• Homophone: traí
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

trair (first-person singular present traeixo, past participle traït)

1. (transitive) to betray

Conjugation

as servir, except that unaccented i in the endings, immediately following the stem u, takes a diaresis

Conjugation of trair (third conjugation with -eix- infix)

infinitive			trair
present participle			traint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		traït		traïda
		plural		traïts		traïdes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	traeixo	traeixes	traeix	traïm	traïu	traeixen
	imperfect	traïa	traïes	traïa	traíem	traíeu	traïen
	future	trairé	trairàs	trairà	trairem	traireu	trairan
	preterite	traí	traïres	traí	traírem	traíreu	traïren
	conditional	trairia	trairies	trairia	trairíem	trairíeu	trairien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	traeixi	traeixis	traeixi	traïm	traïu	traeixin
	imperfect	traís	traïssis	traís	traíssim	traíssiu	traïssin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	traeix	traeixi	traïm	traïu	traeixin

Related terms

• traïció (noun)
• traïdor (noun)

 

Further reading

• “trair” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “trair” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “trair” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “trair” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Anagrams

• tirar, triar

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Elfdalian

Elfdalian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : trair

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Cognate with Swedish tre.

Numeral

trair

1. three

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Old French

Alternative forms

• traïr (diaereses are not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

An Gallicization / adaptation of Latin trādere, present active infinitive of trādō.

Verb

trair

1. to betray; to commit treason
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Ne dote mie Richart que li Roiz le traïst

     Richard didn't doubt that the King was betraying him

Related terms

• traison
• traitor

 

Descendants

• French: trahir
• Norman: trahi (Jersey)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• trahir (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese traer, from Latin trādere, present active infinitive of trādō.

Pronunciation

 

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

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /tɾaˈi(ʁ)/, [tɾaˈi(h)]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /tɾaˈi(ɾ)/, [tɾaˈi(ɾ)]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio) /tɾaˈi(ʁ)/, [tɾaˈi(χ)]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /tɾɐˈiɾ/, [tɾɐˈiɾ]

• Hyphenation: tra‧ir

Verb

trair (first-person singular present indicative traio, past participle traído)

1. to betray
2. to cheat on

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb trair

Notes:[edit] This is an irregular verb of the -ir group. An acute accent is added to the last letter i in a few conjugated forms. Verbs with this conjugation include: atrair, cair, contrair, distrair, sair, subtrair, trair.
	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	trair
Personal	trair	traíres	trair	trairmos	trairdes	traírem
Gerund
	traindo
Past participle
Masculine	traído			traídos
Feminine	traída			traídas
Indicative
Present	traio	trais	trai	traímos	traís	traem
Imperfect	traía	traías	traía	traíamos	traíeis	traíam
Preterite	traí	traíste	traiu	traímos	traístes	traíram
Pluperfect	traíra	traíras	traíra	traíramos	traíreis	traíram
Future	trairei	trairás	trairá	trairemos	traireis	trairão
Conditional
	trairia	trairias	trairia	trairíamos	trairíeis	trairiam
Subjunctive
Present	traia	traias	traia	traiamos	traiais	traiam
Imperfect	traísse	traísses	traísse	traíssemos	traísseis	traíssem
Future	trair	traíres	trair	trairmos	trairdes	traírem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	trai	traia	traiamos	traí	traiam
Negative (não)	-	traias	traia	traiamos	traiais	traiam

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• trer (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter)
• trar (Vallader)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tragō, *tragere, from Latin trahō, trahere (“pull”).

Verb

trair

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) to pull

Derived terms

• sa trair en
• trair a niz
• trair en
• trair en consideraziun
• trair endament
• trair favugn
• trair flad, trair il flad
• trair giu
• trair or, trair ora
• trair schibettas
• trair si