trillar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan trillar, from Latin trībulāre. Doublet of the borrowed tribular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾiˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾiˈʎaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

trillar (first-person singular present trillo, first-person singular preterite trillí, past participle trillat)

1. to thresh

Derived terms

• trillador
• trillaire

Related terms

• trill

References

• “trillar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• trullar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese trillar, from Vulgar Latin *triblāre, from syncopation of Latin tribulāre, present active infinitive of tribulō. Doublet of the borrowed tribular. Cognate with Portuguese trilhar, Spanish trillar, Catalan trillar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈʎaɾ/

Verb

1. to thresh

   Synonym: mallar

2. to beat up; to bruise

   Synonyms: mallar, mazar

3. to jam (a finger) with a door, a drawer

   Vaste trillar os dedos coa porta. ― You are going to jam your fingers with the door.

4. (of the clothes moth or the woodworm) to eat clothes or wood
5. to crumble (bread into milk, soup)

   Synonyms: entrillar, migar

6. to mince

   Synonym: picar

Related terms

• trilla
• trillo

References

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *triblāre, from syncopation of Latin tribulāre, present active infinitive of tribulō. Doublet of the borrowed tribular.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪ɾiˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪ɾiˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /tɾiˈʎaɾ/ [t̪ɾiˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾiˈʃaɾ/ [t̪ɾiˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾiˈʒaɾ/ [t̪ɾiˈʒaɾ]

Verb

trillar (first-person singular present trillo, first-person singular preterite trillé, past participle trillado)

1. to thresh

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trillar
gerund			trillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trillado		trillada
		plural		trillados		trilladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trillo	trillastú trillásvos	trilla	trillamos	trilláis	trillan
	imperfect	trillaba	trillabas	trillaba	trillábamos	trillabais	trillaban
	preterite	trillé	trillaste	trilló	trillamos	trillasteis	trillaron
	future	trillaré	trillarás	trillará	trillaremos	trillaréis	trillarán
	conditional	trillaría	trillarías	trillaría	trillaríamos	trillaríais	trillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trille	trillestú trillésvos2	trille	trillemos	trilléis	trillen
	imperfect (ra)	trillara	trillaras	trillara	trilláramos	trillarais	trillaran
	imperfect (se)	trillase	trillases	trillase	trillásemos	trillaseis	trillasen
	future1	trillare	trillares	trillare	trilláremos	trillareis	trillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trillatú trillávos	trille	trillemos	trillad	trillen
	negative		no trilles	no trille	no trillemos	no trilléis	no trillen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of trillar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive trillar
	dative	trillarme	trillarte	trillarle, trillarse	trillarnos	trillaros	trillarles, trillarse
	accusative	trillarme	trillarte	trillarlo, trillarla, trillarse	trillarnos	trillaros	trillarlos, trillarlas, trillarse
with gerund trillando
	dative	trillándome	trillándote	trillándole, trillándose	trillándonos	trillándoos	trillándoles, trillándose
	accusative	trillándome	trillándote	trillándolo, trillándola, trillándose	trillándonos	trillándoos	trillándolos, trillándolas, trillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative trilla
	dative	tríllame	tríllate	tríllale	tríllanos	not used	tríllales
	accusative	tríllame	tríllate	tríllalo, tríllala	tríllanos	not used	tríllalos, tríllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative trillá
	dative	trillame	trillate	trillale	trillanos	not used	trillales
	accusative	trillame	trillate	trillalo, trillala	trillanos	not used	trillalos, trillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative trille
	dative	trílleme	not used	tríllele, tríllese	tríllenos	not used	trílleles
	accusative	trílleme	not used	tríllelo, tríllela, tríllese	tríllenos	not used	tríllelos, tríllelas
with first-person plural imperative trillemos
	dative	not used	trillémoste	trillémosle	trillémonos	trillémoos	trillémosles
	accusative	not used	trillémoste	trillémoslo, trillémosla	trillémonos	trillémoos	trillémoslos, trillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative trillad
	dative	trilladme	not used	trilladle	trilladnos	trillaos	trilladles
	accusative	trilladme	not used	trilladlo, trilladla	trilladnos	trillaos	trilladlos, trilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative trillen
	dative	tríllenme	not used	tríllenle	tríllennos	not used	tríllenles, tríllense
	accusative	tríllenme	not used	tríllenlo, tríllenla	tríllennos	not used	tríllenlos, tríllenlas, tríllense

Related terms

• trilla
• trillador
• trilladora

 

Further reading

• “trillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Verb

trillar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of trilla.