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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.

trampa f (plural trampes)

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

Inherited from Spanish trampa.

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

trampa

  1. trap

trampa

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

trampa

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

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

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

trȃmpa f (Cyrillic spelling тра̑мпа)

  1. barter

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.

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

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

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.

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

  1. to step, to tramp
    • 1913, Joe Hill (lyrics and music), “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)

trampa c

  1. a pedal
Declension of trampa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative trampa trampan trampor tramporna
Genitive trampas trampans trampors trampornas