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Spanish
Etymology
Either from Vulgar Latin *terebella, a diminutive of Latin terebra (“gimlet”), or from a diminutive of trabs. Compare Portuguese taramela, Galician tarabela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /taɾaˈbiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /taɾaˈbiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /taɾaˈbiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /taɾaˈbiʒa/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: ta‧ra‧bi‧lla
Noun
tarabilla f (plural tarabillas)
- stonechat
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