A hyperthesis of trabarse la lengua (“to fumble with one's tongue, to stammer, to stutter”), as a metasemantic emphasis on the act of messing with one's words.
lenguarse la traba (impersonal, third-person singular present se lengua la traba, third-person singular preterite se lenguó la traba, past participle lenguado la traba)
infinitive | lenguarse la traba | ||||||
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gerund | lenguándose la traba | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | lenguado la traba | — | |||||
plural | — | — | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
personal non-finite | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
infinitive | — | — | lenguarse la traba | — | — | — | |
gerund | — | — | lenguándose la traba | — | — | — | |
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | — | — | se lengua la traba | — | — | — | |
imperfect | — | — | se lenguaba la traba | — | — | — | |
preterite | — | — | se lenguó la traba | — | — | — | |
future | — | — | se lenguará la traba | — | — | — | |
conditional | — | — | se lenguaría la traba | — | — | — | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | — | — | se lengüe la traba | — | — | — | |
imperfect (ra) |
— | — | se lenguara la traba | — | — | — | |
imperfect (se) |
— | — | se lenguase la traba | — | — | — | |
future1 | — | — | se lenguare la traba | — | — | — | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
negative | — | — | — | — | — |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.