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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Aragonese trasmallo, itself from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) + macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with English trammel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾasˈmaʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tɾasˈmaʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾasˈmaʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾasˈmaʒo/
- Syllabification: tras‧ma‧llo
Noun
trasmallo m (plural trasmallos)
- drift net (very long fishing net)
2016 October 14, “Alarma en puerto de Anconcito por el asalto a lanchas”, in El Universo:Versiones de los pescadores indican que sujetos a bordo de lanchas rápidas los amedrentaron, hicieron disparos al aire, los insultaron y los despojaron de fibras, trasmallos e implementos de trabajo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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