trebón

Galician

Alternative forms

• torbón

Etymology

From metathetical alteration of torbón, from Old Galician and 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

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torvo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “trebón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.