trabar

From Old Galician-Portuguese trave, ultimately from Latin trabs (“beam”).

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈβaɾ/

trabar (first-person singular present trabo, first-person singular preterite trabei, past participle trabado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to bite; to grab

   Non teñas medo que este can non traba.

   Don't be afraid, this dog won't bite you.

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:

     Quando as ditas llandoas creçeren asy como Nozes, ou mais ou menos, traua dellas llogo et apretaas et fendeas ao llongo con canyuete agudo

     when these growths become big as nuts, give or take, grab them readily and squeeze them and cut them open lengthwise with a sharp knife

   Synonyms: chanchar, morder, trincar

2. (transitive) to fetter

   Synonym: pexar

3. (transitive) to obstruct or impede
4. (transitive) to fasten, connect or join
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to entangle

• trabada
• trabadela

• trabe

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

From traba.

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈbaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tra‧bar

trabar (first-person singular present trabo, first-person singular preterite trabé, past participle trabado)

1. to connect, to join (pieces of wood)

   Synonyms: conectar, juntar

2. to obstruct

   Antonym: destrabar

3. to hold back
4. to fasten
5. to thicken (sauce, pudding etc.)

   Synonyms: enganchar, sujetar, agarrar, espesar

6. (reflexive) to get caught up, to become entangled

   Synonym: enredarse

7. (reflexive) to jam, to get jammed, to get stuck, to seize up

   Synonym: atascarse

• “trabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014