travagghiu

• travagliu

Substantive derivative of travagghiari from Vulgar Latin *trapaliare, infinitive of *tripaliō (“to torture; suffer, toil; work”) from Late Latin trepālium (“an instrument of torture”) from Latin tripālis (“held up by three stakes”); possibly influenced by a derivative of Vulgar Latin trabaculare, Latin trabēcula (“a small supporting beam”); or perhaps borrowed via Old French travaillier, Norman travailli. Compare Aragonese treballo, Asturian trabayu, Catalan treball, Galician traballo, English travail, French travail, Italian travaglio, Ladino travajo, Ligurian travàggio, Norman travas, Occitan trabalh, Portuguese trabalho, Sardinian trabadhu, travallu, Spanish trabajo.

• IPA^(key): /ʈɽɐ̠ˈvaɡ̟.ɡ̟ʲu̞/, [ʈɽɑ̝ˈväɟ.ɟʊ̠], [ʈ͡ʂɑ̝ˈväɟ.ɟʊ̠]
• Hyphenation: tra‧vàg‧ghiu

travagghiu m (plural travagghi)

1. job, duty; work, activity, labor, operation; workplace

   Synonyms: attività, azioni, chiffari, compitu, funziunamentu, impiegu, lavuru, opera

2. tiresome toil, grueling effort, exhausting exertion; travail

   travagghiu dulurusu ― great travail, pain, suffering, toil (literally, “painful labor”)

   Synonyms: duluri, fatiga, lavuru, pena, suffirenza

• travagghiari
• travagghiarisi
• travagghiaturi