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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
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- (bullfighting) to toy with the cape
Conjugation
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.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive trastear
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| dative
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trastearme
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trastearte
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trastearle, trastearse
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trastearnos
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trastearos
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trastearles, trastearse
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| accusative
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trastearme
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trastearte
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trastearlo, trastearla, trastearse
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trastearnos
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trastearos
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trastearlos, trastearlas, trastearse
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| with gerund trasteando
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| dative
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trasteándome
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trasteándote
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trasteándole, trasteándose
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trasteándonos
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trasteándoos
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trasteándoles, trasteándose
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| accusative
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trasteándome
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trasteándote
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trasteándolo, trasteándola, trasteándose
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trasteándonos
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trasteándoos
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trasteándolos, trasteándolas, trasteándose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative trastea
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| dative
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trastéame
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trastéate
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trastéale
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trastéanos
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not used
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trastéales
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| accusative
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trastéame
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trastéate
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trastéalo, trastéala
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trastéanos
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not used
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trastéalos, trastéalas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative trasteá
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| dative
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trasteame
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trasteate
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trasteale
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trasteanos
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not used
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trasteales
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| accusative
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trasteame
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trasteate
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trastealo, trasteala
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trasteanos
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not used
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trastealos, trastealas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative trastee
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| dative
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trastéeme
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not used
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trastéele, trastéese
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trastéenos
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not used
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trastéeles
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| accusative
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trastéeme
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not used
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trastéelo, trastéela, trastéese
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trastéenos
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not used
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trastéelos, trastéelas
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| with first-person plural imperative trasteemos
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| dative
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not used
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trasteémoste
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trasteémosle
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trasteémonos
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trasteémoos
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trasteémosles
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| accusative
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not used
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trasteémoste
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trasteémoslo, trasteémosla
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trasteémonos
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trasteémoos
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trasteémoslos, trasteémoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative trastead
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| dative
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trasteadme
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not used
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trasteadle
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trasteadnos
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trasteaos
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trasteadles
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| accusative
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trasteadme
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not used
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trasteadlo, trasteadla
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trasteadnos
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trasteaos
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trasteadlos, trasteadlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative trasteen
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| dative
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trastéenme
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not used
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trastéenle
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trastéennos
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not used
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trastéenles, trastéense
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| accusative
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trastéenme
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not used
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trastéenlo, trastéenla
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trastéennos
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not used
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trastéenlos, trastéenlas, trastéense
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