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trabar
transitive verb
1to fasten (sujetar); to shackle (a preso)
2to join (unir)
3to strike up (iniciar) (conversación, amistad)
4to obstruct, to hinder (obstaculizar)
5to thicken (espesar)
trabarse
pronomial verb
1to get tangled (enredarse)
2to thicken (espesarse)
3to get one's tongue tied in knots (al hablar)
  • se le trabó la lengua -> he tripped over his tongue

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trabar [trah-bar’]
article & verb transitive
1To join (unir), to unite, to connect.
2To join, to bring into harmony or concord.
3To fetter, to shackle (encadenar).
4To thicken, to inspissate.
5To fetter, to dispute, to qua rel, to scuffle.
  • Trabarse de palabras -> to become angry in a dispute
6To set the teeth of a saw.
7To seize, to take hold of (agarrar).
8To deceive (engañar). (Ante Meridian & Central America & Caribbean) (m)
  • Trabarse la lengua -> to stammer, to speak with unnatural hesitation
  • Trabar conversación -> to enter upon or keep up a long conversation

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trabar
verbo:transitivo
1 [+puerta, ventana] (para que quede cerrada) to wedge shut; (para que quede abierta) to wedge open
trabó la puerta con una silla para que no entrara he wedged the door shut with a chair to stop her getting in; trabó la pata de la mesa con una madera she wedged a piece of wood under the table leg
2 [+salsa, líquido] to thicken
3 (Carpintería) to join; (Construcción) to point
4 (comenzar) [+conversación, debate] to start (up); strike up; [+batalla] to join
trabar amistad to strike up a friendship
5 (enlazar)
una serie de razonamientos muy bien trabados a tightly woven very well constructed argument;o
6 (obstaculizar) to hold back
la falta de recursos ha trabado el desarrollo de la investigación research has been held back by the lack of funds
7 [+caballo] to hobble
8 [+sierra] to set
9 (Centroamérica) (Caribe) (engañar) to deceive
verbo:intransitivo
1 [+planta] to take
2 [+ancla, garfio] to grip
verbo:pronominal
trabarse
1 (enredarse) to get tangled up
me trabé en un matorral y no podía salir I got tangled up in a thicket and couldn't get free; se le traba la lengua he gets tongue-tied; (Caribe) he loses the thread (of what he is saying)
2 (atascarse) [+cajón, puerta, mecanismo] to jam; get jammed
3 (involucrarse)
trabarse en una discusión to get involved in an argument

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Verb Conjugation for "trabar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo trabo trabé trababa trabaré trabe
Tú trabas trabaste trababas trabarás trabes
Ella/Él/Usted traba trabó trababa trabará trabe
Nosotros trabamos trabamos trabábamos trabaremos trabemos
Vosotros trabáis trabasteis trababais trabaréis trabéis
Ellos/Ustedes traban trabaron trababan trabarán traben
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