trabe

See also: trabé and trąbę

Galician

Trabe

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese trave (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin trabem, accusative of trabs (“beam”). Cognate with Portuguese trave. Doublet of treu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaβe̝/

Noun

trabe m (plural trabes)

1. (architecture) beam; girder; trave; crossbeam
   • 1378, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 252:

     enno dito tenpo vos deuedes agisar et restoyrar a dita casa de todo adubeyro que ouuer mester, saluo ardendo ou quebrando traue, ou quaendo per pe

     during that time you must fix and restore that house of any need it can have, except if it burns, or the girder breaks, or it if collapses

   Synonyms: pontón, viga

Derived terms

• atrabancar
• trabanco
• trabar
• Trabes

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “traue” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “trabe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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German

Verb

trabe

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of traben.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of traben.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of traben.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of traben.

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) trabe

1. ablative singular of trabs

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Spanish

Verb

trabe

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of trabar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of trabar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of trabar.