tralla

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *trāgla, from Latin trāgula (“javelin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾa.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾa.ʎa]

Noun

tralla f (plural tralles)

1. whiplash, whipcord

Further reading

• “tralla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin trāgula, from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʎa̝/

Noun

tralla f (plural trallas)

1. main ropes of some nets: sinker line and float line
2. whip

Related terms

• trallazo
• trallo
• entrallar

References

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

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Italian

Contraction

tralla

1. (dated) Contraction of tra la.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tralle

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²trɑlːɑ/

Verb

tralla (present tense trallar, past tense tralla, past participle tralla, passive infinitive trallast, present participle trallande, imperative tralla/trall)

1. to sing casually, wordlessly, (sing tralala), to hum

References

• “tralla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Spanish

Noun

tralla f (plural trallas)

1. whip

Derived terms

• trallazo

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Verb

tralla (present trallar, preterite trallade, supine trallat, imperative tralla)

1. to sing a (happy) melody, replacing the words with sequences of sound like "tralala"

   Hon trallade på en melodi ― She was "tralala'ing" a melody

Conjugation

Conjugation of tralla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tralla		trallas
Supine	trallat		trallats
Imperative	tralla		—
Imper. plural1	trallen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	trallar	trallade	trallas	trallades
Ind. plural1	tralla	trallade	trallas	trallades
Subjunctive2	tralle	trallade	tralles	trallades
	Participles
Present participle	trallande
Past participle	trallad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• gnola
• nynna

References

• tralla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tralla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tralla in Svensk ordbok (SO)