trabar

Spanish

Etymology

From traba.

Verb

trabar (first-person singular present trabo, first-person singular preterite trabé, past participle trabado)

to connect, to join (pieces of wood)
to obstruct
to hold back
to fasten
to thicken (sauce, pudding etc.)
(reflexive) to get caught up, to get tangled up
(reflexive) to jam, to get jammed, to get stuck, to seize up

Conjugation

Conjugation of trabar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			trabar
gerund			trabando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trabado		trabada
		plural		trabados		trabadas
		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	trabo	trabas^tú trabás^{^vos}	traba	trabamos	trabáis	traban
	imperfect	trababa	trababas	trababa	trabábamos	trababais	trababan
	preterite	trabé	trabaste	trabó	trabamos	trabasteis	trabaron
	future	trabaré	trabarás	trabará	trabaremos	trabaréis	trabarán
	conditional	trabaría	trabarías	trabaría	trabaríamos	trabaríais	trabarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trabe	trabes^{^tú} trabés^{^vos²}	trabe	trabemos	trabéis	traben
	imperfect (ra)	trabara	trabaras	trabara	trabáramos	trabarais	trabaran
	imperfect (se)	trabase	trabases	trabase	trabásemos	trabaseis	trabasen
	future¹	trabare	trabares	trabare	trabáremos	trabareis	trabaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		traba^{^tú} trabá^{^vos}	trabe	trabemos	trabad	traben
	negative		no trabes	no trabe	no trabemos	no trabéis	no traben

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of trabar^{edit data}

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 trabar
	dative	trabarme	trabarte	trabarle, trabarse	trabarnos	trabaros	trabarles, trabarse
	accusative	trabarme	trabarte	trabarlo, trabarla, trabarse	trabarnos	trabaros	trabarlos, trabarlas, trabarse

with gerund trabando
	dative	trabándome	trabándote	trabándole, trabándose	trabándonos	trabándoos	trabándoles, trabándose
	accusative	trabándome	trabándote	trabándolo, trabándola, trabándose	trabándonos	trabándoos	trabándolos, trabándolas, trabándose

with informal second-person singular imperative traba
	dative	trábame	trábate	trábale	trábanos	not used	trábales
	accusative	trábame	trábate	trábalo, trábala	trábanos	not used	trábalos, trábalas

with formal second-person singular imperative trabe
	dative	trábeme	not used	trábele, trábese	trábenos	not used	trábeles
	accusative	trábeme	not used	trábelo, trábela, trábese	trábenos	not used	trábelos, trábelas

with first-person plural imperative trabemos
	dative	not used	trabémoste	trabémosle	trabémonos	trabémoos	trabémosles
	accusative	not used	trabémoste	trabémoslo, trabémosla	trabémonos	trabémoos	trabémoslos, trabémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative trabad
	dative	trabadme	not used	trabadle	trabadnos	trabaos	trabadles
	accusative	trabadme	not used	trabadlo, trabadla	trabadnos	trabaos	trabadlos, trabadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative traben
	dative	trábenme	not used	trábenle	trábennos	not used	trábenles, trábense
	accusative	trábenme	not used	trábenlo, trábenla	trábennos	not used	trábenlos, trábenlas, trábense

Synonyms

(connect): conectar, juntar
(thicken): enganchar, sujetar. agarrar
(thicken): espesar
(get jammed): atascarse
(get tangled up): enredarse

Antonyms

(obstruct): destrabar

Derived terms

trabarse la lengua
trabalenguas

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