trabar
Meanings
Verb
1. to connect, to join (pieces of wood)
2. to obstruct
3. to hold back
4. to fasten
5. to thicken (sauce, pudding etc.)
6. to get caught up, to become entangled (reflexive)
7. to jam, to get jammed, to get stuck, to seize up (reflexive)
8. to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat (Canary Islands, transitive)
Examples4
¡Traba la puerta!
Lock the door!
Él traba amistad con todas las personas que conoce.
He makes friends with everybody he meets.
Se me trababa la lengua cuando ella me habló.
I got all tongue-tied when she spoke to me.
Se me lengua la traba cuando hablo en público.
I stutter when I speak in public.