trebón

Galician

Alternative forms

• torbón

Etymology

From metathetical alteration of torbón, from Old Galician-Portuguese torvon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *turbōnem (“whirlwind”), accusative of Latin turbō, turbinem, with altered declension. Compare Portuguese trovão, Spanish turbión (archaic or dialectal turbón). Cf. also turbina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈβoŋ/

Noun

trebón m (plural trebóns)

1. thunderstorm

   Synonyms: torboada, treboada

2. downpour

   Synonyms: arroiada, dioivo, tromba

Derived terms

• treboada

Related terms

• turbar

References

• “torvon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “torvo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “trebón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trebón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trebón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.