verb/tɾopeˈθaɾ/
to trip, stumble, bump into; to get tripped up; to meet (someone) by chance; to run into
“tropezar con dificultades” — to run into difficulties
Synonyms: topar
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *interpediāre, from *interpediō (“to impede”), from Latin inter- + pēs, pedis (“feet”) + -iō, perhaps formed analogously to impediō (“to impede”).