Meanings (ES + gloss)
dar un traspié • trastabillar • trastrabillar • tropezar • tropezarse
To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
Be careful not to trip on those tree roots. You tripped over the cat and fell downstairs just last week.
hacer trastabillar • hacer tropezar • meter cabe • meter la zancadilla • meter un traspié • poner la zancadilla • poner un trascabo • trompicar • zancadillear
To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some ove…
activar • conmutar
To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
When we get into the factory, trip the lights.
flipar • fliparse • loquear • trasoñar • tripear • tripearse
To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.
So, I went to the doctor, see what he could give me / He said, "Son, son, you've gone too far / 'Cause smokin' and trippin’ is all that you do," / Yeeeeeeaaaaaah
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