trastear

Spanish

Etymology

From trasto +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɾasteˈaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: tras‧te‧ar

Verb

trastear (first-person singular present trasteo, first-person singular preterite trasteé, past participle trasteado)

to move things around, to jumble up things
to play up, play about, misbehave
to manage, cope well
to fiddle with, tinker
- 2023 May 26, Jordi Pérez Colomé, “Quién es Sam Altman: millonario creador de ChatGPT, gurú de ‘startups’ y profeta apocalíptico”, in El País‎:
  Altman creció en Saint Louis (Misuri), en la América profunda. A los ocho años ya trasteaba con ordenadores, como es de rigor en estos perfiles de éxito en Silicon Valley.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(bullfighting) to toy with the cape

Conjugation

Conjugation of trastear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			trastear
gerund			trasteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trasteado		trasteada
		plural		trasteados		trasteadas
		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	trasteo	trasteas^{^tú} trasteás^{^vos}	trastea	trasteamos	trasteáis	trastean
	imperfect	trasteaba	trasteabas	trasteaba	trasteábamos	trasteabais	trasteaban
	preterite	trasteé	trasteaste	trasteó	trasteamos	trasteasteis	trastearon
	future	trastearé	trastearás	trasteará	trastearemos	trastearéis	trastearán
	conditional	trastearía	trastearías	trastearía	trastearíamos	trastearíais	trastearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trastee	trastees^{^tú} trasteés^{^vos²}	trastee	trasteemos	trasteéis	trasteen
	imperfect (ra)	trasteara	trastearas	trasteara	trasteáramos	trastearais	trastearan
	imperfect (se)	trastease	trasteases	trastease	trasteásemos	trasteaseis	trasteasen
	future¹	trasteare	trasteares	trasteare	trasteáremos	trasteareis	trastearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trastea^{^tú} trasteá^{^vos}	trastee	trasteemos	trastead	trasteen
	negative		no trastees	no trastee	no trasteemos	no trasteéis	no trasteen

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

Selected combined forms of trastear

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 trastear	dative	trastearme	trastearte	trastearle, trastearse	trastearnos	trastearos	trastearles, trastearse
with infinitive trastear	accusative	trastearme	trastearte	trastearlo, trastearla, trastearse	trastearnos	trastearos	trastearlos, trastearlas, trastearse

with gerund trasteando	dative	trasteándome	trasteándote	trasteándole, trasteándose	trasteándonos	trasteándoos	trasteándoles, trasteándose
with gerund trasteando	accusative	trasteándome	trasteándote	trasteándolo, trasteándola, trasteándose	trasteándonos	trasteándoos	trasteándolos, trasteándolas, trasteándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative trastea	dative	trastéame	trastéate	trastéale	trastéanos	not used	trastéales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative trastea	accusative	trastéame	trastéate	trastéalo, trastéala	trastéanos	not used	trastéalos, trastéalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative trasteá	dative	trasteame	trasteate	trasteale	trasteanos	not used	trasteales
	accusative	trasteame	trasteate	trastealo, trasteala	trasteanos	not used	trastealos, trastealas

with formal second-person singular imperative trastee	dative	trastéeme	not used	trastéele, trastéese	trastéenos	not used	trastéeles
with formal second-person singular imperative trastee	accusative	trastéeme	not used	trastéelo, trastéela, trastéese	trastéenos	not used	trastéelos, trastéelas

with first-person plural imperative trasteemos	dative	not used	trasteémoste	trasteémosle	trasteémonos	trasteémoos	trasteémosles
with first-person plural imperative trasteemos	accusative	not used	trasteémoste	trasteémoslo, trasteémosla	trasteémonos	trasteémoos	trasteémoslos, trasteémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative trastead	dative	trasteadme	not used	trasteadle	trasteadnos	trasteaos	trasteadles
with informal second-person plural imperative trastead	accusative	trasteadme	not used	trasteadlo, trasteadla	trasteadnos	trasteaos	trasteadlos, trasteadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative trasteen	dative	trastéenme	not used	trastéenle	trastéennos	not used	trastéenles, trastéense
with formal second-person plural imperative trasteen	accusative	trastéenme	not used	trastéenlo, trastéenla	trastéennos	not used	trastéenlos, trastéenlas, trastéense

Derived terms

trasteo

trastear

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