trapichear
Spanish, verb/tɾapit͡ʃeˈaɾ/
trapichear is spelled T-R-A-P-I-C-H-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish, the 229,525th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trapichear is a Spanish verb meaning “to fiddle, scheme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ingeniarse, buscar trazas, no siempre lícitas, para el logro de algún objeto”.
What does trapichear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fiddle, scheme
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ingeniarse, buscar trazas, no siempre lícitas, para el logro de algún objeto.
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 trapichear
- trapicheo first-person present singular
- trapicheé first-person preterite singular
- trapicheado participle past
- trapicheando gerund
- trapicheada feminine participle past
- trapicheados masculine participle past
- trapicheadas feminine participle past
- trapicheas indicative informal present
- trapicheás indicative informal present
- trapichea indicative present singular
- trapicheamos first-person indicative plural
- trapicheáis indicative plural present
- trapichean indicative plural present
- trapicheaba first-person imperfect indicative
- trapicheabas imperfect indicative second-person
- trapicheábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- trapicheabais imperfect indicative plural
- trapicheaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trapichear?
- /tɾapit͡ʃeˈaɾ/
- [t̪ɾa.pi.t͡ʃeˈaɾ]
- [t̪ɾapit͡ʃeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trapichear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trapichear in Spanish?
trapichear appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).