trampa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German trampen (to walk heavily), or from Medieval Latin trappa, from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dremb- (to run); or possibly ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Noun

trampa f (plural trampes)

  1. trap, pit trap
    Synonym: parany
  2. trick, deceit
    Synonym: truc

Derived terms

Further reading

  • trampa on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
  • “trampa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish trampa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾampa/, [ˈt̪ɾãm.pa]
  • Hyphenation: tram‧pa

Noun

trampa

  1. trap

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

trampa

  1. inflection of trampe:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Portuguese

Verb

trampa

  1. inflection of trampar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترامپه (tirampa), from Italian tramuta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trâːmpa/
  • Hyphenation: tram‧pa

Noun

trȃmpa f (Cyrillic spelling тра̑мпа)

  1. barter

Declension

Declension of trampa
singular plural
nominative trampa trampe
genitive trampe trampa / trampi
dative trampi trampama
accusative trampu trampe
vocative trampo trampe
locative trampi trampama
instrumental trampom trampama

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German trampen (to walk heavily), or from Medieval Latin trappa, from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dremb- (to run); or possibly ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾampa/ [ˈt̪ɾãm.pa]
  • Rhymes: -ampa
  • Syllabification: tram‧pa

Noun

trampa f (plural trampas)

  1. trap, snare (device for trapping animals)
    Synonym: cepo
  2. cheat, trick, cheating, deceit, fraud, scam (act of deception, especially for unlawful gain)
    Synonym: engaño
    hacer trampasto cheat
  3. trapdoor (hinged or sliding door set into a floor)
    Synonym: escotillón

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish trampa, from Old Norse trampa, from Proto-Germanic *trampaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (to run). Cognate with Norwegian trampe. Compare English trample. The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

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Verb

trampa (present trampar, preterite trampade, supine trampat, imperative trampa)

  1. to step, to tramp
    • 1913, Joe Hill, “The Tramp”:
      Tramp, tramp, tramp gå på och trampa, här finns ingenting att få
      Tramp, tramp, tramp, keep on a-tramping, Nothing doing here for you
  2. to pedal (for example a bicycle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of trampa (weak)
active passive
infinitive trampa trampas
supine trampat trampats
imperative trampa
imper. plural1 trampen
present past present past
indicative trampar trampade trampas trampades
ind. plural1 trampa trampade trampas trampades
subjunctive2 trampe trampade trampes trampades
present participle trampande
past participle trampad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Noun

trampa c

  1. a pedal

Declension

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