trastrocar
Spanish, verb/tɾastɾoˈkaɾ/
trastrocar is a Spanish verb meaning “to mess up; screw up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alterar o trocar el modo en que algo es o está, dándole un ser, estado o sentido diferentes”.
What does trastrocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mess up; screw up
- 2
to reorder; change the order of
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Alterar o trocar el modo en que algo es o está, dándole un ser, estado o sentido diferentes.
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 trastrocar
- trastrueco first-person present singular
- trastroqué first-person preterite singular
- trastrocado participle past
- o-ue alternation
- c-qu alternation
- trastrocando gerund
- trastrocada feminine participle past
- trastrocados masculine participle past
- trastrocadas feminine participle past
- trastruecas indicative informal present
- trastrocás indicative informal present
- trastrueca indicative present singular
- trastrocamos first-person indicative plural
- trastrocáis indicative plural present
- trastruecan indicative plural present
- trastrocaba first-person imperfect indicative
- trastrocabas imperfect indicative second-person
- trastrocábamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trastrocar?
- /tɾastɾoˈkaɾ/
- [t̪ɾas.t̪ɾoˈkaɾ]
- [t̪ɾast̪ɾoˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trastrocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.