tarabilla

Spanish

Etymology

Either from Vulgar Latin *terebella, a diminutive of Latin terebra (“gimlet”), or from a diminutive of trabs. Compare Portuguese taramela, Galician tarabela.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /taɾaˈbiʝa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /taɾaˈbiʝa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /taɾaˈbiʎa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /taɾaˈbiʃa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /taɾaˈbiʒa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ta‧ra‧bi‧lla

Noun

tarabilla f (plural tarabillas)

1. stonechat

Further reading

• “tarabilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025