trabar

• travar (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese trave, ultimately from Latin trabs (“beam”).

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈβaɾ/

trabar (first-person singular present trabo, first-person singular preterite trabei, past participle trabado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to bite; to grab

   Synonyms: chanchar, morder, trincar

   Non teñas medo que este can non traba.

   Don't be afraid, this dog won't bite you.

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:

     Quando as ditas llandoas creçeren asy como Nozes, ou mais ou menos, traua dellas llogo et apretaas et fendeas ao llongo con canyuete agudo

     when these growths become big as nuts, give or take, grab them readily and squeeze them and cut them open lengthwise with a sharp knife

2. (transitive) to fetter

   Synonym: pexar

3. (transitive) to obstruct or impede
4. (transitive) to fasten, connect or join
5. (pronominal) to entangle

• trabada
• trabadela

• trabe

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “travar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trava”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trabar”, 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), “trabar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trabar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From traba.

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈbaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tra‧bar

trabar (first-person singular present trabo, first-person singular preterite trabé, past participle trabado)

1. to connect, to join (pieces of wood)

   Synonyms: conectar, juntar

2. to obstruct

   Antonym: destrabar

3. to hold back
4. to fasten
5. to thicken (sauce, pudding etc.)

   Synonyms: enganchar, sujetar, agarrar, espesar

6. (reflexive) to get caught up, to become entangled

   Synonym: enredarse

7. (reflexive) to jam, to get jammed, to get stuck, to seize up

   Synonym: atascarse

• “trabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10