atrapallar

Galician

Etymology

From trapallo (“rag”) (confer trapallada, "mess; hoax"), or either from trapa (“trapdoor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tɾa.pa.ˈʎaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to confuse; to bewilder (to cause someone to become confused)
2. (transitive) to do something hastily and without care; to botch
3. (transitive) to mess
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to confuse (to mistake one thing for another)

Derived terms

• atrapallarse
• atrapallado

References

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• “atrapallar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.