trebello
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Unknown. Cognate with Portuguese trebelho and Spanish trebejo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾeˈβeʎo̝/
Noun
trebello m (plural trebellos)
- trap for catching wild animals
- toy
- (informal) device; tool; gadget
- game, jest, joke; diversion
- (archaic) chess piece
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 515:
- Et diz o conto que os trebellos et o caualo erã d'ouro et de prata, laurados muy noblement et per grã soteleza
- And the tale says that the chess pieces and the knight were made of gold and silver, crafted in the most noble way and with great subtlety
Derived terms
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “trebello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “trebel”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trebello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trebello”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trebello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
trebello
- first-person singular present indicative of trebellar
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾe.ˈbe.ʎo/
Noun
trebello m (plural trebellos)