tralla

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trāgla, from Latin trāgula (“javelin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾa.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾa.ʎa]

Noun

tralla f (plural tralles)

1. whiplash, whipcord

Further reading

• “tralla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaɟa/ [ˈt̪ɾa̠.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɟa
• Hyphenation: tra‧lla

Etymology 1

From Latin trāgula, from the root of traho (“to draw, drag”).

Noun

tralla f (plural trallas)

1. main ropes of some nets: sinker line and float line
2. whip

   Synonym: látego

Related terms

• entrallar
• trallazo
• trallo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tralla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tralla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tralla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

tralla

1. inflection of trallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Contraction

tralla

1. (dated) contraction of tra +‎ la

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tralle

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²trɑlːɑ/

Verb

tralla (present tense trallar, past tense tralla, past participle tralla, passive infinitive trallast, present participle trallande, imperative tralla/trall)

1. to sing casually, wordlessly, (sing tralala), to hum

References

• “tralla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin trāgula, from the root of traho (“to draw, drag”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʝa/ [ˈt̪ɾa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʝa/ [ˈt̪ɾa.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʎa/ [ˈt̪ɾa.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʃa/ [ˈt̪ɾa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaʒa/ [ˈt̪ɾa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -aʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: tra‧lla

Noun

tralla f (plural trallas)

1. whip

Derived terms

• trallazo

Further reading

• “tralla”, 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

Swedish

Etymology 1

From tralala, onomatopoeic.

Verb

tralla (present trallar, preterite trallade, supine trallat, imperative tralla)

1. to sing a (happy) melody, replacing the words with sequences of sounds like "tra-la-la"

   Hon trallade på en melodi

   She was "tra-la-la'ing" a melody

Conjugation

Conjugation of tralla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	tralla		trallas
supine	trallat		trallats
imperative	tralla		—
imper. plural1	trallen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	trallar	trallade	trallas	trallades
ind. plural1	tralla	trallade	trallas	trallades
subjunctive2	tralle	trallade	tralles	trallades
present participle		trallande
past participle		trallad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• (subgenre of punk rock) trallpunk

See also

• gnola
• lalla
• nynna

Etymology 2

en tralla

Borrowed from English trolley. Attested since 1891.

Noun

tralla c

1. a small, low, open wagon used for transport (on a railroad or in a generalized sense with wheels); a trolley, a handcar

Declension

Declension of tralla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tralla	trallas
	definite	trallan	trallans
plural	indefinite	trallor	trallors
	definite	trallorna	trallornas

Derived terms

• handtralla

References

• “tralla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tralla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tralla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)