trela

• trena, trenla, trenlla

From Vulgar Latin *tragella or *tragenella, from trahō (“I bring”): compare tralla (“rope; whip”), from Latin trāgula. Compare also Portuguese trena and Spanish trena.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛla/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: tre‧la

trela f (plural trelas)

1. leash

   Synonym: correa

2. halter

   Synonyms: cabestro, xácoma

3. wooden ring tied to the extreme of a string, used for fastening it

   Synonym: targa

4. rope used for securing the load

   Synonyms: adival, liame, luria, sedeño, treixa, trelo

5. swing (a line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; children's game)

   Synonym: randeeira

6. (figurative, colloquial) jail, prison

   Synonyms: cadea, prisión

   • 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea, Vigo: El Album del Miño, page 224:

     E logo ese caliveira de ese soldado que a rifa foi o que armou na taberna e na trenla estar debía agora

     And then again, this party animal, this soldier who started the brawl at the tavern and who now should be in jail

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trela”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “trenla”, 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), “trela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “trenla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Vulgar Latin *tragella or *tragenella, from trahō.

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: tre‧la

trela f (plural trelas)

1. leash (strip usually made of leather or metal that is attached to the collar to guide dogs)

   Synonym: guia

• “trela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “trela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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trela (ma class, plural matrela)

1. trailer