# trastabillar
## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* trastabillear

### Etymology

From trastrabillar, from trans- +‎ traba (“obstacle, rub”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾastabiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾastabiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /tɾastabiˈʎaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʎaɾ]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾastabiˈʃaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʃaɾ]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾastabiˈʒaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪a.β̞iˈʒaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tras‧ta‧bi‧llar

### Verb

trastabillar (first-person singular present trastabillo, first-person singular preterite trastabillé, past participle trastabillado)
* (intransitive) to stumble
* (intransitive) to stutter, stammer
    Synonym: tartamudear

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | trastabillar | trastabillar | trastabillar | trastabillar | trastabillar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | trastabillando | trastabillando | trastabillando | trastabillando | trastabillando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | trastabillado | trastabillado | trastabillada | trastabillada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | trastabillados | trastabillados | trastabilladas | trastabilladas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | trastabillo | trastabillas$^{tú}$ trastabillás$^{vos}$ | trastabilla | trastabillamos | trastabilláis | trastabillan |
| indicative | imperfect | trastabillaba | trastabillabas | trastabillaba | trastabillábamos | trastabillabais | trastabillaban |
| indicative | preterite | trastabillé | trastabillaste | trastabilló | trastabillamos | trastabillasteis | trastabillaron |
| indicative | future | trastabillaré | trastabillarás | trastabillará | trastabillaremos | trastabillaréis | trastabillarán |
| indicative | conditional | trastabillaría | trastabillarías | trastabillaría | trastabillaríamos | trastabillaríais | trastabillarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | trastabille | trastabilles$^{tú}$ trastabillés$^{vos2}$ | trastabille | trastabillemos | trastabilléis | trastabillen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | trastabillara | trastabillaras | trastabillara | trastabilláramos | trastabillarais | trastabillaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | trastabillase | trastabillases | trastabillase | trastabillásemos | trastabillaseis | trastabillasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | trastabillare | trastabillares | trastabillare | trastabilláremos | trastabillareis | trastabillaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | trastabilla$^{tú}$ trastabillá$^{vos}$ | trastabille | trastabillemos | trastabillad | trastabillen |
| imperative | negative | | no trastabilles | no trastabille | no trastabillemos | no trastabilléis | no trastabillen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “trastabillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014