trasegar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾaseˈɡaɾ/ [t̪ɾa.seˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tra‧se‧gar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish trasfegar, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *trānsfrīcāre (from fricō (to rub)) or *trānsfaecāre (from faex (dregs)).

Cognate with Portuguese and Galician trasfegar, Catalan trafegar, Italian trafficare.

Noun

trasegar m (uncountable)

  1. travels, journeying

Verb

trasegar (first-person singular present trasiego, first-person singular preterite trasegué, past participle trasegado)

  1. to move around
  2. to transfer (liquid from one container to another)
  3. to tope, booze (drink alcohol excessively)
  4. to gulp (drink)
  5. to smuggle (drugs)
Conjugation

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