trabucar

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Catalan[edit]

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From tra- +‎ buc +‎ -ar.

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trabucar (first-person singular present trabuco, first-person singular preterite trabuquí, past participle trabucat)

  1. (transitive) to tip over, overturn, upset
    Synonym: capgirar
  2. (figurative, transitive) to confuse (words or sounds), to transpose (sounds or letters)
  3. (reflexive) to stumble over one's words, speak confusedly

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Occitan trabucar (to turn upside down), from buc, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (belly, stomach). Compare Catalan trabucar.

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trabucar (first-person singular present trabuco, first-person singular preterite trabuquei, past participle trabucado)

  1. (transitive) to confuse, to mislead
    Synonyms: atrapallar, aturullar, confundir, enganar
    • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 27:
      pensou logo en como lle poderia toler o Reyno et lo trabucar per que llo fezese perder
      he then thought about how he could take the kingdom from him and mislead him into losing it
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get something wrong; to mess up
    Synonyms: confundir, enganar

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References[edit]

  • trabucar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • trabucar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • trabucar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • trabucar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • trabucar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tra- +‎ buque +‎ -ar.

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  • IPA(key): /tɾabuˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾa.β̞uˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tra‧bu‧car

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trabucar (first-person singular present trabuco, first-person singular preterite trabuqué, past participle trabucado)

  1. (transitive) to mess up, muddle up
  2. (reflexive) to get muddled up

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