tropel

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tropel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French tropel (“group”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɾɔˈpɛl]

Noun

tropel m (plural tropeis)

1. swarm

   Synonym: fato

2. troop

Derived terms

• en tropel

Related terms

• atropelar
• tropa
• troupelear

References

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

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *troppellus, diminutive from Medieval Latin troppus.

Noun

tropel oblique singular, m (oblique plural tropeaus or tropeax or tropiaus or tropiax or tropels, nominative singular tropeaus or tropeax or tropiaus or tropiax or tropels, nominative plural tropel)

1. group

Descendants

• Middle French: troupel, troupeau
  • French: troupeau
• Picard: troupiaû, troupiô (Athois)
• Walloon: troupia (Charleroi), tropê (Forrières)
• → Middle English: tropel
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: tropel
  • Galician: tropel

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tropel.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾoˈpɛw/ [tɾoˈpɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈpɛl/ [tɾuˈpɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈpɛl/ [tɾuˈpɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈpɛ.li/

Noun

tropel m (plural tropéis)

2. swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)

   Synonym: turba

Derived terms

• atropelar

Further reading

• “tropel”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tropel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From tropa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾoˈpel/ [t̪ɾoˈpel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: tro‧pel

Noun

tropel m (plural tropeles)

1. mob, crowd, swarm

   Synonym: muchedumbre

2. squad, troop

Derived terms

• atropellar
• en tropel

Related terms

• tropa

Descendants

• → Portuguese: tropel

Further reading

• “tropel”, 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