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Galician
Etymology 1
15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, either from Vulgar Latin *terebella, a diminutive of Latin terebra (“gimlet”),[1] or from a diminutive of trabs (thus possibly a doublet of treu).[2] Cognate with Portuguese taramela and Spanish tarabilla.
Pronunciation
Noun
tarabela f (plural tarabelas)
- (tool) gimlet, auger, drill
- Synonyms: binguelete, trade
1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao- item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two small drills; item, two handsaws
- by extension, windmill blades or some other traditional devices composed by an axis and blades
- device composed by an axis, blades and a tin, used as a scarecrow through the percussion of the wind moved blades and the tin
- chattering damsel
- Synonym: cacarexo
- (figurative) a fool; someone who changes his mind all the time
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Arabic تَكَلَّم (takallam, “to talk”); cognate with Portuguese tagarela.
Pronunciation
Noun
tarabela m or f by sense (plural tarabelas)
- a chatty person, chatterbox
- (music) percussion musical instrument build from a cane
- Synonym: castañola de cana
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tarabela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tarabela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tarabela”, 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), “tarabela (de furar)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “tarabela (de atrancar)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tarabela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN