trastabillar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• trastabillear

Etymology

From trastrabillar, from trans- +‎ traba (“obstacle, rub”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /tɾastabiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾastabiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tɾastabiˈʎaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾastabiˈʃaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾastabiˈʒaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʒaɾ]

Verb

1. (intransitive) to stumble
2. (intransitive) to stutter, stammer

   Synonym: tartamudear

Further reading

• “trastabillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014