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Spanish
Etymology
From trastrabillar, from trans- + traba (“obstacle, rub”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾastabiˈʝaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tɾastabiˈʎaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾastabiˈʃaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾastabiˈʒaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tras‧ta‧bi‧llar
Verb
trastabillar (first-person singular present trastabillo, first-person singular preterite trastabillé, past participle trastabillado)
- (intransitive) to stumble
- (intransitive) to stutter, stammer
- Synonym: tartamudear
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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