trazar

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈθaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈθaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tra‧zar

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *tractiō, from Latin tractus. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Verb

trazar (first-person singular indicative present trazo, past participle trazáu)

1. to try [with de ‘to’]

   Synonym: tentar

   Trazó de llevantase. ― He tried to stand up.

2. to draw, to plot, to chart

Etymology 2

See main entry.

Verb

trazar (first-person singular indicative present trazo, past participle trazáu)

1. alternative form of atarabazar (“to curdle”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of trazar

infinitive		trazar
gerund		trazando
past participle		m trazáu, f trazada, n trazao, m pl trazaos, f pl trazaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	trazo	traces	traza	trazamos	trazáis	tracen
	imperfect	trazaba	trazabes	trazaba	trazábemos, trazábamos	trazabeis, trazabais	trazaben
	preterite	tracé	trazasti, tracesti	trazó	tracemos	trazastis, tracestis	trazaron
	pluperfect	trazare, trazara	trazares, trazaras	trazare, trazara	trazáremos, trazáramos	trazareis, trazarais	trazaren, trazaran
	future	trazaré	trazarás	trazará	trazaremos	trazaréis	trazarán
	conditional	trazaría	trazaríes	trazaría	trazaríemos, trazaríamos	trazaríeis, trazaríais	trazaríen
subjunctive	present	trace	traces, trazas	trace	tracemos	tracéis	tracen, trazan
	imperfect	trazare, trazara	trazares, trazaras	trazare, trazara	trazáremos, trazáramos	trazareis, trazarais	trazaren, trazaran
imperative		—	traza	—	—	trazái	—

Further reading

• “trazar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “trazar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• traçar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *tractiō, from Latin tractus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈθaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈθaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /tɾaˈθaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /tɾaˈsaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈsaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: tra‧zar

Verb

trazar (first-person singular present trazo, first-person singular preterite tracei, past participle trazado)

1. (transitive) to trace, plot
2. (transitive) to plot, plan
   • 1810, José Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:

     Mingote: «¿E ali tocaban as campanas para saber cando eles biñan?» Chinto: «Non, que ali trazaronche outra cousa millor. Como che abia abanzadas de paisanos en todas partes as alturas, cando sabian cos diabrillos biñan, encendianche us fachucos de palla, è erguianchos nus paus altos, è dùn-a noutra altura faciase esto con tal presteza, que no espacio dùn-a ora sabiachese no contorno de cinco è seis legoas, è co esto prebeniachese toda á xsente…»

     Mingote: «Did they use to ring the bells to make know when they [Napoleon's French soldiers] were coming?» Chinto: «No, because they plotted a better thing there: since there were advanced parties of countrymen in every high point, wherever they knew that the little devils were coming they lighted torches made of straw and put them atop high poles, and from one hill to the next this was made with such readiness that, in just an hour, everyone knew and was prevented all around in five and six leagues…»

3. (pronominal, of milk) to curdle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trazar (c-z alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trazar
Personal	trazar	trazares	trazar	trazarmos	trazardes	trazaren
Gerund
	trazando
Past participle
Masculine	trazado			trazados
Feminine	trazada			trazadas
Indicative
Present	trazo	trazas	traza	trazamos	trazades	trazan
Imperfect	trazaba	trazabas	trazaba	trazabamos	trazabades	trazaban
Preterite	tracei	trazaches	trazou	trazamos	trazastes	trazaron
Pluperfect	trazara	trazaras	trazara	trazaramos	trazarades	trazaran
Future	trazarei	trazarás	trazará	trazaremos	trazaredes	trazarán
Conditional	trazaría	trazarías	trazaría	trazariamos	trazariades	trazarían
Subjunctive
Present	trace	traces	trace	tracemos	tracedes	tracen
Imperfect	trazase	trazases	trazase	trazásemos	trazásedes	trazasen
Future	trazar	trazares	trazar	trazarmos	trazardes	trazaren
Imperative
Affirmative		traza	trace	tracemos	trazade	tracen
Negative (non)		non traces	non trace	non tracemos	non tracedes	non tracen

Related terms

• traza
• trazado
• trazador
• trazo
• treito

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “trazar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trazar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trazar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tractiāre, from Latin tractus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈθaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈsaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tra‧zar

Verb

trazar (first-person singular present trazo, first-person singular preterite tracé, past participle trazado)

1. (transitive) to trace
2. (transitive) to draw, to plot, to chart

   Debemos trazar un rumbo hacia la nave comandante.

   We should plot a course for the command ship.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trazar
gerund			trazando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trazado		trazada
		plural		trazados		trazadas
		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	trazo	trazastú trazásvos	traza	trazamos	trazáis	trazan
	imperfect	trazaba	trazabas	trazaba	trazábamos	trazabais	trazaban
	preterite	tracé	trazaste	trazó	trazamos	trazasteis	trazaron
	future	trazaré	trazarás	trazará	trazaremos	trazaréis	trazarán
	conditional	trazaría	trazarías	trazaría	trazaríamos	trazaríais	trazarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trace	tracestú tracésvos2	trace	tracemos	tracéis	tracen
	imperfect (ra)	trazara	trazaras	trazara	trazáramos	trazarais	trazaran
	imperfect (se)	trazase	trazases	trazase	trazásemos	trazaseis	trazasen
	future1	trazare	trazares	trazare	trazáremos	trazareis	trazaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trazatú trazávos	trace	tracemos	trazad	tracen
	negative		no traces	no trace	no tracemos	no tracéis	no tracen

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

    Selected combined forms of trazar (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive trazar	dative	trazarme	trazarte	trazarle, trazarse	trazarnos	trazaros	trazarles, trazarse
	accusative	trazarme	trazarte	trazarlo, trazarla, trazarse	trazarnos	trazaros	trazarlos, trazarlas, trazarse
with gerund trazando	dative	trazándome	trazándote	trazándole, trazándose	trazándonos	trazándoos	trazándoles, trazándose
	accusative	trazándome	trazándote	trazándolo, trazándola, trazándose	trazándonos	trazándoos	trazándolos, trazándolas, trazándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative traza	dative	trázame	trázate	trázale	trázanos	not used	trázales
	accusative	trázame	trázate	trázalo, trázala	trázanos	not used	trázalos, trázalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative trazá	dative	trazame	trazate	trazale	trazanos	not used	trazales
	accusative	trazame	trazate	trazalo, trazala	trazanos	not used	trazalos, trazalas
with formal second-person singular imperative trace	dative	tráceme	not used	trácele, trácese	trácenos	not used	tráceles
	accusative	tráceme	not used	trácelo, trácela, trácese	trácenos	not used	trácelos, trácelas
with first-person plural imperative tracemos	dative	not used	tracémoste	tracémosle	tracémonos	tracémoos	tracémosles
	accusative	not used	tracémoste	tracémoslo, tracémosla	tracémonos	tracémoos	tracémoslos, tracémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative trazad	dative	trazadme	not used	trazadle	trazadnos	trazaos	trazadles
	accusative	trazadme	not used	trazadlo, trazadla	trazadnos	trazaos	trazadlos, trazadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tracen	dative	trácenme	not used	trácenle	trácennos	not used	trácenles, trácense
	accusative	trácenme	not used	trácenlo, trácenla	trácennos	not used	trácenlos, trácenlas, trácense

Derived terms

• traza
• trazable
• trazo

Related terms

• traer
• tratar
• trecho

Further reading

• “trazar”, 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