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Galician
Etymology 1
Unknown. Cognate with Portuguese trebelho and Spanish trebejo.
Pronunciation
Noun
trebello m (plural trebellos)
- trap for catching wild animals
- toy
- (informal) device; tool; gadget
- game, jest, joke; diversion
- (archaic) chess piece
1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 515:Et diz o conto que os trebellos et o caualo erã d'ouro et de prata, laurados muy noblement et per grã soteleza- And the tale says that the chess pieces and the knight were made of gold and silver, crafted in the most noble way and with great subtlety
Derived terms
References
- “trebello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “trebel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “trebello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “trebello” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “trebello” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
Verb
trebello
- first-person singular present indicative of trebellar
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
trebello m
- chess piece
- game, joke
- diversion
Descendants