trobisco

Galician

trobisco

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Hispanic Late Latin turbiscus, idem, attested by Isidore of Seville; from Vulgar Latin *turbiscāre, from Latin turbō, turbāre (“I disturb”). Compare Portuguese trovisco, Spanish torvisco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾoˈβisko̝/, /tɾuˈβisko̝/

Noun

trobisco m (plural trobiscos)

1. flax-leaved daphne (), a poisonous bush used in the past for fishing)

   Chamáchesme trubisquiño / herba qu’o ghando non come; / vale máis ser trubisquiño / cá muller de mal home (folk song)

   You called me Little Daphne, / plant that animals don't eat; / I'd rather be a Little Daphne / than the wife of a bad man

Related terms

• Trobisquido
• turbar

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trobisco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN