trebello

Galician

Alternative forms

• trebelho (reintegrationist)

Etymology 1

Unknown. Cognate with Portuguese trebelho and Spanish trebejo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈβeʎo̝/

Noun

trebello m (plural trebellos)

1. trap for catching wild animals
2. toy
3. (informal) device; tool; gadget
4. game, jest, joke; diversion
5. (archaic) chess piece
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 515:

     Et diz o conto que os trebellos et o caualo erã d'ouro et de prata, laurados muy noblement et per grã soteleza

     And the tale says that the chess pieces and the knight were made of gold and silver, crafted in the most noble way and with great subtlety

Derived terms

• trebellar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “trebello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trebel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trebello”, 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), “trebello”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trebello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

trebello

1. first-person singular present indicative of trebellar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾe.ˈbe.ʎo/

Noun

trebello m

1. chess piece
2. game, joke
3. diversion

Descendants

• Portuguese: trebelho
• Galician: trebello