# tropezar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* torpezar, trepezar, trompezar

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese entrepeçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Vulgar Latin *interpediare, from interpediō, from Latin inter- + pēs, pedis (“feet”) +‎ -iō, perhaps formed analogously to impediō (“to impede”). Cognate with Portuguese tropeçar and Spanish tropezar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɾopeˈθaɾ], (western) [tɾopeˈsaɾ]

### Verb

tropezar (first-person singular present tropezo, first-person singular preterite tropecei, past participle tropezado)
* (intransitive) to trip, stumble, bump into
    O que tropeza e non cai, máis adiante un paso vai (proverb) ― He who trips and doesn't fall, a step ahead he goes
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 510:Et ontrepeçou o caualo do Çide enos mouros mortos et caeu en terraAnd the Cid's horse stumbled on the dead Moors and fell to the ground
* (intransitive) to get tripped up

#### Conjugation
### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “entrepeçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ntrepeç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tropezar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tropezar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tropezar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* entropezar (obsolete)
* trompezar (colloquial)

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *interpediāre, from *interpediō (“to impede”), from Latin inter- + pēs, pedis (“feet”) +‎ -iō, perhaps formed analogously to impediō (“to impede”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /tɾopeˈθaɾ/ [t̪ɾo.peˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /tɾopeˈsaɾ/ [t̪ɾo.peˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tro‧pe‧zar

### Verb

tropezar (first-person singular present tropiezo, first-person singular preterite tropecé, past participle tropezado)
* (intransitive) to trip, stumble, bump into
    tropezar con dificultades ― to run into difficulties
* (intransitive) to get tripped up
* (reflexive) to meet (someone) by chance
    Synonym: topar

#### Usage notes

* Constructed as tropezar(se) con algo/alguien.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* tropezón
* tropiezo

### Further reading

* “tropezar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10