trabar
Spanish, verb/tɾaˈbaɾ/
trabar is spelled T-R-A-B-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,779th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trabar is a Spanish verb meaning “to connect, to join (pieces of wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ponerle la traba a una puerta”.
What does trabar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to connect, to join (pieces of wood)
- 2
to obstruct
- 3
to hold back
- 4
to fasten
- 5
to thicken (sauce, pudding etc.)
- 6
to get caught up, to become entangled
- 7
to jam, to get jammed, to get stuck, to seize up
- 8
to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ponerle la traba a una puerta. 2. Juntar o unir una cosa con otra, para mayor fuerza o resistencia. 3. Tomar, agarrar, asir. 4. Mermar el desarrollo o el desenvolvimiento de algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trabar
- trabo first-person present singular
- trabé first-person preterite singular
- trabado participle past
- trabando gerund
- trabada feminine participle past
- trabados masculine participle past
- trabadas feminine participle past
- trabas indicative informal present
- trabás indicative informal present
- traba indicative present singular
- trabamos first-person indicative plural
- trabáis indicative plural present
- traban indicative plural present
- trababa first-person imperfect indicative
- trababas imperfect indicative second-person
- trabábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- trababais imperfect indicative plural
- trababan imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trabar?
- /tɾaˈbaɾ/
- [t̪ɾaˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trabar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trabar in Spanish?
trabar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).