trastear
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾasteˈaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.t̪eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tras‧te‧ar
Verb
trastear (first-person singular present trasteo, first-person singular preterite trasteé, past participle trasteado)
- to move things around, to jumble up things
- to play up, play about, misbehave
- to manage, cope well
- to fiddle with, tinker
- 2023 May 26, Jordi Pérez Colomé, “Quién es Sam Altman: millonario creador de ChatGPT, gurú de ‘startups’ y profeta apocalíptico”, in El País[1]:
- Altman creció en Saint Louis (Misuri), en la América profunda. A los ocho años ya trasteaba con ordenadores, como es de rigor en estos perfiles de éxito en Silicon Valley.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (bullfighting) to toy with the cape
Conjugation
Conjugation of trastear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of trastear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive trastear | dative | trastearme | trastearte | trastearle, trastearse | trastearnos | trastearos | trastearles, trastearse |
| accusative | trastearme | trastearte | trastearlo, trastearla, trastearse | trastearnos | trastearos | trastearlos, trastearlas, trastearse | |
| with gerund trasteando | dative | trasteándome | trasteándote | trasteándole, trasteándose | trasteándonos | trasteándoos | trasteándoles, trasteándose |
| accusative | trasteándome | trasteándote | trasteándolo, trasteándola, trasteándose | trasteándonos | trasteándoos | trasteándolos, trasteándolas, trasteándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative trastea | dative | trastéame | trastéate | trastéale | trastéanos | not used | trastéales |
| accusative | trastéame | trastéate | trastéalo, trastéala | trastéanos | not used | trastéalos, trastéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative trasteá | dative | trasteame | trasteate | trasteale | trasteanos | not used | trasteales |
| accusative | trasteame | trasteate | trastealo, trasteala | trasteanos | not used | trastealos, trastealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative trastee | dative | trastéeme | not used | trastéele, trastéese | trastéenos | not used | trastéeles |
| accusative | trastéeme | not used | trastéelo, trastéela, trastéese | trastéenos | not used | trastéelos, trastéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative trasteemos | dative | not used | trasteémoste | trasteémosle | trasteémonos | trasteémoos | trasteémosles |
| accusative | not used | trasteémoste | trasteémoslo, trasteémosla | trasteémonos | trasteémoos | trasteémoslos, trasteémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative trastead | dative | trasteadme | not used | trasteadle | trasteadnos | trasteaos | trasteadles |
| accusative | trasteadme | not used | trasteadlo, trasteadla | trasteadnos | trasteaos | trasteadlos, trasteadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative trasteen | dative | trastéenme | not used | trastéenle | trastéennos | not used | trastéenles, trastéense |
| accusative | trastéenme | not used | trastéenlo, trastéenla | trastéennos | not used | trastéenlos, trastéenlas, trastéense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “trastear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024