tropezar

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *interpediō

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /tɾopeˈθaɾ/, [t̪ɾopeˈθaɾ]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /tɾopeˈsaɾ/, [t̪ɾopeˈsaɾ]

Verb

tropezar (first-person singular present tropiezo, first-person singular preterite tropecé, past participle tropezado)

  1. (intransitive) to trip, stumble, bump into
    tropezar con dificultades
    to run into difficulties
  2. (intransitive) to get tripped up
  3. (reflexive) to meet (someone) by chance

Usage notes

Constructed as tropezar(se) con algo/alguien.

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes a ie in stressed syllables; z changes to c before e.
    Conjugation of tropezar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive tropezar
gerund tropezando
past participle masculine feminine
singular tropezado tropezada
plural tropezados tropezadas
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 tropiezo tropiezastú
tropezásvos		 tropieza tropezamos tropezáis tropiezan
imperfect tropezaba tropezabas tropezaba tropezábamos tropezabais tropezaban
preterite tropecé tropezaste tropezó tropezamos tropezasteis tropezaron
future tropezaré tropezarás tropezará tropezaremos tropezaréis tropezarán
conditional tropezaría tropezarías tropezaría tropezaríamos tropezaríais tropezarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tropiece tropieces tropiece tropecemos tropecéis tropiecen
imperfect
(ra)		 tropezara tropezaras tropezara tropezáramos tropezarais tropezaran
imperfect
(se)		 tropezase tropezases tropezase tropezásemos tropezaseis tropezasen
future1 tropezare tropezares tropezare tropezáremos tropezareis tropezaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative tropiezatú
tropezávos		 tropiece tropecemos tropezad tropiecen
negative no tropieces no tropiece no tropecemos no tropecéis no tropiecen
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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