Tropiezamos

Tropiezamos is a Spanish verb form. It is the first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of the verb tropezar. The verb tropezar means "to stumble" or "to trip." Therefore, tropiezamos translates to "we stumbled" or "we tripped" in a hypothetical or dependent clause. For instance, in a sentence like "Ojalá no tropiezamos en la oscuridad" (I wish we wouldn't stumble in the dark), tropiezamos is used to express a desire or a condition that is not factual or is uncertain. The imperfect subjunctive tense is often used to express past actions or conditions that were unreal or contrary to fact, as well as to express doubt, desire, or emotion. The conjugation of tropezar in the imperfect subjunctive is tropiece, tropieces, tropiece, tropezáramos (or tropezásemos), tropezarais (or tropezaseis), tropiecen. Tropiezamos falls into this conjugation pattern. Understanding verb conjugations like this is fundamental to speaking and comprehending Spanish effectively.