# trabucar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From tra- +‎ buc +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [tɾə.βuˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [tɾə.buˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [tɾa.buˈkaɾ]

### Verb

trabucar (first-person singular present trabuco, first-person singular preterite trabuquí, past participle trabucat)
* (transitive) to tip over, overturn, upset
    Synonym: capgirar
* (figurative, transitive) to confuse (words or sounds), to transpose (sounds or letters)
* (reflexive) to stumble over one's words, speak confusedly

#### Derived terms

* trabuc
* trabucada
* trabucador
* trabucament

### Further reading

* “trabucar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Occitan trabucar (“to turn upside down”), from buc, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). Compare Catalan trabucar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾabuˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾa.β̞uˈkɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: tra‧bu‧car

### Verb

trabucar (first-person singular present trabuco, first-person singular preterite trabuquei, past participle trabucado)
* (transitive) to confuse, to mislead
    Synonyms: atrapallar, aturullar, confundir, enganar
** 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 27:pensou logo en como lle poderia toler o Reyno et lo trabucar per que llo fezese perderhe then thought about how he could take the kingdom from him and mislead him into losing it
* (pronominal) to get something wrong; to mess up
    Synonyms: confundir, enganar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “trabucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trabucar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trabucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “trabucar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trabucar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Spanish
### Etymology

From tra- +‎ buque +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾabuˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾa.β̞uˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tra‧bu‧car

### Verb

trabucar (first-person singular present trabuco, first-person singular preterite trabuqué, past participle trabucado)
* (transitive) to mess up, muddle up
* (reflexive) to get muddled up

#### 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.

### Further reading

* “trabucar”, 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