| Principal Translations |
| trap n | (physical: snare) | trampa nf |
| | The fox's leg was caught in a trap. |
| | La pata del zorro quedó atrapada en la trampa. |
| trap n | (trick to catch [sb]) | trampa nf |
| | The politician tried to set a trap for his opponent by talking about the war. |
| | El político intentó ponerle una trampa a su oponente hablando de la guerra. |
| trap [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (catch, immobilize) | atrapar a vtr + prep |
| Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a». |
| | The wall had collapsed, trapping the miners beneath it. |
| | La pared había colapsado, y atrapó a los mineros debajo. |
| trap [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (ensnare) | poner a alguien en loc verb |
| | He trapped me into a situation where I had to do his work for him. |
| | Me puso en una situación en la que tuve que hacer el trabajo por él. |
| trap [sb] vtr | figurative, usu passive (catch) | no soltar a vtr + prep |
| | | enganchar a vtr + prep |
| | I was trapped talking to him for two hours. |
| | No me soltó y estuve dos horas hablando con él. |
| Additional Translations |
| trap n | (bad situation) | enredo nm |
| | (figurado) | callejón sin salida loc nom m |
| | (figurado) | agujero negro loc nom m |
| | He was caught in a trap of high debt payments. |
| | Se metió en un enredo de deudas muy altas. |
| trap n | (stratagem) | treta nf |
| | | trampa nf |
| | Hamlet laid a trap to make sure his uncle was guilty. |
| | Hamlet hizo una treta para demostrar que su tío era culpable. |
| trap n | (for shooting) | lanzaplatos nm inv |
| | The trap springs two clay pigeons into the air. |
| | El lanzaplatos arroja dos platillos de arcilla al aire. |
| trap n | (golf) (golf) | búnker nm |
| | (golf) | banco de arena nm |
| | He was winning until his ball landed in a trap next to the green. |
| | Iba ganando, hasta que su pelota cayó en un búnker cerca del green. |
| trap n | UK, slang (mouth) (coloquial) | hocico nm |
| | (coloquial) | pico nm |
| | | boca nf |
| | Watch that trap of yours! I don't want to hear you swearing again! |
| | ¡Ten cuidado con ese hocico! ¡No quiero volverte a oír diciendo palabrotas! |
| trap n | (plumbing: water-filled bend) | sifón nm |
| | The trap forms a seal, preventing sewer gases coming up the pipe. |
| | Her ring fell down the sink, but it got caught in the trap. |
| | Su anillo se cayó por el lavamanos, pero quedó atrapado en el sifón. |
| trap n | (carriage) | carro nm |
| | | carruaje nm |
| | She drove the trap into the village to sell her cheese. |
| | Llevó el carro al centro de la localidad para vender el queso. |
| trap n | (form of basalt) (voz sueca, geología) | trap nm |
| | (voz sueca, geología) | trapp nm |
| | Trap is a type of igneous rock. |
| | El trap es un tipo de roca ígnea. |
| trap⇒ vi | (trap animals) | cazar con trampa loc verb |
| | He spent his youth trapping in the North woods. |
| | Toda su juventud cazó con trampa en los bosques del Norte. |
| trap vi | (set traps) | poner trampas loc verb |
| | We'll trap in the morning and go back later to see what we've caught. |
| | Vamos a poner trampas por la mañana y más tarde volvemos para ver qué cazamos. |
| trap [sth]⇒ vtr | (ball) | atrapar⇒ vtr |
| | He trapped the ball, turned, and kicked it into the back of the net. |
| | Atrapó la pelota, giró y la disparó al fondo de la cancha. |