trampa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German trampen (“to walk heavily”), or from Medieval Latin trappa, from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dremb- (“to run”); or possibly ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾam.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾam.pa]
• Hyphenation: tram‧pa

Noun

trampa f (plural trampes)

1. trap, pit trap

   Synonym: parany

2. trick, deceit

   Synonym: truc

Derived terms

• trampejar
• trampista
• trampós

Further reading

• trampa on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca
• “trampa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish trampa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾampa/, [ˈt̪ɾãm.pa]
• Hyphenation: tram‧pa

Noun

trampa

1. trap

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• trampet

Verb

trampa

1. inflection of trampe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Portuguese

Verb

trampa

1. inflection of trampar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترامپه (tirampa), from Italian tramuta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trâːmpa/
• Hyphenation: tram‧pa

Noun

trȃmpa f (Cyrillic spelling тра̑мпа)

1. barter

Declension

Declension of trampa

	singular	plural
nominative	trampa	trampe
genitive	trampe	trampa / trampi
dative	trampi	trampama
accusative	trampu	trampe
vocative	trampo	trampe
locative	trampi	trampama
instrumental	trampom	trampama

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German trampen (“to walk heavily”), or from Medieval Latin trappa, from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dremb- (“to run”); or possibly ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾampa/ [ˈt̪ɾãm.pa]
• Rhymes: -ampa
• Syllabification: tram‧pa

Noun

trampa f (plural trampas)

1. trap, snare (device for trapping animals)

   Synonym: cepo

2. cheat, trick, cheating, deceit, fraud, scam (act of deception, especially for unlawful gain)

   Synonym: engaño

   hacer trampas ― to cheat

3. trapdoor (hinged or sliding door set into a floor)

   Synonym: escotillón

Derived terms

• hacer trampa
• hacer trampas
• hecha la ley, hecha la trampa
• sin trampa ni cartón
• trampear
• trampilla
• trampista
• tramposo

Further reading

• “trampa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish trampa, from Old Norse trampa, from Proto-Germanic *trampaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”). Cognate with Norwegian trampe. Compare English trample. The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

trampa (present trampar, preterite trampade, supine trampat, imperative trampa)

1. to step, to tramp
   • 1913, Joe Hill, “The Tramp”:

     Tramp, tramp, tramp gå på och trampa, här finns ingenting att få

     Tramp, tramp, tramp, keep on a-tramping, Nothing doing here for you

2. to pedal (for example a bicycle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of trampa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	trampa		trampas
supine	trampat		trampats
imperative	trampa		—
imper. plural1	trampen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	trampar	trampade	trampas	trampades
ind. plural1	trampa	trampade	trampas	trampades
subjunctive2	trampe	trampade	trampes	trampades
present participle		trampande
past participle		trampad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• betrampa
• tramp
• trampa på gasen
• trampbil
• trampbåt
• trampcykel
• trampkvarn
• trampmina
• trampning
• tramporgel
• upptrampa

Noun

trampa c

1. a pedal

Declension

Declension of trampa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	trampa	trampas
	definite	trampan	trampans
plural	indefinite	trampor	trampors
	definite	tramporna	trampornas

References

• trampa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trampa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• trampa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tampar