trabar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese trave, ultimately from Latin trabs (“beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈβaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) to bite, to grab

   Non teñas medo que este can non traba.

   Don't be afraid, this dog won't bite you.

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:

     Quando as ditas llandoas creçeren asy como Nozes, ou mais ou menos, traua dellas llogo et apretaas et fendeas ao llongo con canyuete agudo

     when these growths become big as nuts, give or take, grab them readily and squeeze them and cut them open lengthwise with a sharp knife

   Synonyms: chanchar, morder, trincar

2. (transitive) to fetter

   Synonym: pexar

3. (transitive) to obstruct or impede
4. (transitive) to fasten, connect or join
5. (pronominal) to entangle

Derived terms

• trabada
• trabadela

Related terms

• trabe

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trava”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trabar”, 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 traba.

Verb

1. to connect, to join (pieces of wood)
2. to obstruct
3. to hold back
4. to fasten
5. to thicken (sauce, pudding etc.)
6. (reflexive) to get caught up, to become entangled
7. (reflexive) to jam, to get jammed, to get stuck, to seize up

Synonyms

• (connect): conectar, juntar
• (thicken): enganchar, sujetar. agarrar
• (thicken): espesar
• (get jammed): atascarse
• (get tangled up): enredarse

Antonyms

• (obstruct): destrabar

Derived terms

• trabarse la lengua
• trabalenguas
• trabapalancas