trilla

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See also: trillá and trillà

Catalan

Verb

trilla

  1. inflection of trillar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

Verb

trilla

  1. third-person singular past historic of triller

Galician

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from trilla (“to thresh”); alternatively ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þriljaną (compare English drill, Old English þyrel).

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

  1. clothes moth
  2. woodworm

Etymology 2

Deverbal from trilla (“to thresh”).

Pronunciation

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

  1. (flax processing) scutcher
  2. hatchet used for chopping gorse

Etymology 3

Verb

trilla

  1. inflection of trillar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

Italian

Verb

trilla

  1. inflection of trillare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

trilla m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of trille

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

trilla

  1. inflection of trille:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈtɾiʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈtɾiʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈtɾiʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈtɾiʒa/

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

  • Syllabification: tri‧lla

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Galician trilla, from Latin trigla.

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

  1. gurnard (fish)
    Synonym: rubio

Etymology 2

Deverbal from trillar.

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

  1. threshing

Verb

trilla

  1. inflection of trillar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

trilla c

  1. a cart, a small waggon

Declension

Declension of trilla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative trilla trillan trillor trillorna
Genitive trillas trillans trillors trillornas

Verb

trilla (present trillar, preterite trillade, supine trillat, imperative trilla)

  1. to fall a short distance (without major injury), for example by tripping over
    Han trillade omkull
    He tripped over
    Han trillade av hästen
    He fell off the horse
    Den ruttnade och trillade av
    It rotted and fell off
  2. (figuratively, with in) to come (in a somewhat random manner)
    Gästerna började trilla in
    The guests were starting to arrive
    Pengarna började trilla in
    The money started rolling in
  3. to roll (to shape pills or meatballs); to create a ball of some (sticky) material by rolling a piece of it between one's hands until it is roughly spherical.
    att trilla köttbullar
    to roll meatballs

Usage notes

  • The passive form and past participle are only applicable in definition 2.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trilla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive trilla trillas
Supine trillat trillats
Imperative trilla —
Imper. plural1 trillen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative trillar trillade trillas trillades
Ind. plural1 trilla trillade trillas trillades
Subjunctive2 trille trillade trilles trillades
Participles
Present participle trillande
Past participle trillad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

References

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