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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese traballar, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre (“torment”), derived from Late Latin tripālium (“torture instrument”). Compare Portuguese trabalhar, Spanish trabajar.
Pronunciation
Verb
traballar (first-person singular present traballo, first-person singular preterite traballei, past participle traballado)
- (intransitive) to work
- Synonym: choiar
- (intransitive) to struggle, strive
- Synonym: esforzar
- (transitive) to exert an effort on something; usually referred to a field (cultivate), dough (knead), or iron (forge)
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References
- “traballar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “traball” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “traballar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “traballar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “traballar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.