tropezar

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tropezar
intransitive verb
1to trip o stumble (con los pies)(con on)
  • tropecé con el bordillo y me caí -> I tripped on the curb o (British) curb and fell over (United States)
2(por casualidad)
  • tropezar con alguien -> to bump o run into somebody
3(enfrentarse)
  • tropezar con -> to come up against (problema, obstáculo)
tropezarse
pronomial verb
1to bump into each other, to come across one another (informal) (dos personas)
  • tropezarse con alguien -> to bump into somebody

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tropezar [tro-pay-thar’]
verb neuter
1To stumble in walking. (n)
2To be detained or obstructed. (n)
3To slip into crimes or blunders. (n)
4To wrangle, to dispute (reñir). (n)
5To discover a fault or (n)
defective
6To meet accidentally (topar).
7To light on, to happen, to find.
8To slip up (cometer un error).
verb reflexive
9To stumble, to cut the feet in walking (caballos).
  • Tropezar con uno -> to turn into somebody
  • Tropezar con dificultad -> (Fig.) to run into a difficulty
(Yo tropiezo, tropiece, from Tropezar. V. ACRECENTAR.

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tropezar
verbo:intransitivo
1 (con los pies) to trip; stumble
tropezó y por poco se cae he tripped stumbled and nearly fell;o ¡cuidado, no tropieces! mind you don't trip up!; ha tropezado con una piedra she tripped on a stone; he tropezado con el escalón I tripped on the step
2 (chocar)
tropezar con contra algoo to bump into sth; tropezar con contra un árbolo to bump into a tree
3 (enfrentarse)
tropezar con algo to run into sth; encounter sth; tropezamos con una dificultad we ran into encountered a difficulty;o tropezó con muchos obstáculos durante su carrera política she came up against encountered numerous obstacles in her political career;o
4 (encontrarse)
tropezar con algn to bump into sb; run into sb; he tropezado con María en la facultad I bumped ran into María in the department;o
5 (reñir)
tropezar con algn to have an argument with sb
tropezó con su hermana por cuestiones de la herencia
6 (cometer un error) to err; make a mistake
ha tropezado muchas veces en la vida she has erred many times made many mistakes in her life;o
verbo:pronominal
tropezarse [+dos personas] to bump run into each other;o
nos tropezamos casi cada día por la calle we bump run into each other practically every day in the street;o tropezarse con algn to bump run into sb;o me tropecé con Juan en el banco I bumped ran into Juan at the bank;o

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Verb Conjugation for "tropezar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo tropiezo tropecé tropezaba tropezaré tropiece
Tú tropiezas tropezaste tropezabas tropezarás tropieces
Ella/Él/Usted tropieza tropezó tropezaba tropezará tropiece
Nosotros tropezamos tropezamos tropezábamos tropezaremos tropecemos
Vosotros tropezáis tropezasteis tropezabais tropezaréis tropecéis
Ellos/Ustedes tropiezan tropezaron tropezaban tropezarán tropiecen
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