trampear

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese trampa

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Portuguese -ear

Portuguese trampear

From trampa + -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.peˈa(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.peˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.peˈa(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.peˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.peˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.peˈa(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.peˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.peˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈpjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈpjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈpja.ɾi/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (Brazil) -aʁ, (Brazil) -a
• Hyphenation: tram‧pe‧ar

Verb

trampear (first-person singular present trampeio, first-person singular preterite trampeei, past participle trampeado)

1. (archaic, intransitive) to cheat, to trick

   Synonym: trapacear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trampear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	trampear
Personal	trampear	trampeares	trampear	trampearmos	trampeardes	trampearem
Gerund
	trampeando
Past participle
Masculine	trampeado			trampeados
Feminine	trampeada			trampeadas
Indicative
Present	trampeio	trampeias	trampeia	trampeamos	trampeais	trampeiam
Imperfect	trampeava	trampeavas	trampeava	trampeávamos	trampeáveis	trampeavam
Preterite	trampeei	trampeaste	trampeou	trampeamos1, trampeámos2	trampeastes	trampearam
Pluperfect	trampeara	trampearas	trampeara	trampeáramos	trampeáreis	trampearam
Future	trampearei	trampearás	trampeará	trampearemos	trampeareis	trampearão
Conditional	trampearia	trampearias	trampearia	trampearíamos	trampearíeis	trampeariam
Subjunctive
Present	trampeie	trampeies	trampeie	trampeemos	trampeeis	trampeiem
Imperfect	trampeasse	trampeasses	trampeasse	trampeássemos	trampeásseis	trampeassem
Future	trampear	trampeares	trampear	trampearmos	trampeardes	trampearem
Imperative
Affirmative		trampeia	trampeie	trampeemos	trampeai	trampeiem
Negative (não)		não trampeies	não trampeie	não trampeemos	não trampeeis	não trampeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish trampa

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish trampear

From trampa + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾampeˈaɾ/ [t̪ɾãm.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tram‧pe‧ar

Verb

trampear (first-person singular present trampeo, first-person singular preterite trampeé, past participle trampeado)

1. (transitive) to cheat, to trick

   Synonym: engañar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trampear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trampear
gerund			trampeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trampeado		trampeada
		plural		trampeados		trampeadas
		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	trampeo	trampeastú trampeásvos	trampea	trampeamos	trampeáis	trampean
	imperfect	trampeaba	trampeabas	trampeaba	trampeábamos	trampeabais	trampeaban
	preterite	trampeé	trampeaste	trampeó	trampeamos	trampeasteis	trampearon
	future	trampearé	trampearás	trampeará	trampearemos	trampearéis	trampearán
	conditional	trampearía	trampearías	trampearía	trampearíamos	trampearíais	trampearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trampee	trampeestú trampeésvos2	trampee	trampeemos	trampeéis	trampeen
	imperfect (ra)	trampeara	trampearas	trampeara	trampeáramos	trampearais	trampearan
	imperfect (se)	trampease	trampeases	trampease	trampeásemos	trampeaseis	trampeasen
	future1	trampeare	trampeares	trampeare	trampeáremos	trampeareis	trampearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trampeatú trampeávos	trampee	trampeemos	trampead	trampeen
	negative		no trampees	no trampee	no trampeemos	no trampeéis	no trampeen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• trampeador

Further reading

• “trampear”, 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
• “trampear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010