rabel
See also: Rąbel
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈbel/ [raˈβ̞el]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: ra‧bel
Noun
rabel m (plural rabeles)
- rebec
- 1619, Lope de Vega, Fuente Ovejuna[1], Madrid, lines 286–289:
- Daré mi rabel de boj, / que vale más que una troj, / porque yo le estimo en más.
- I will give my boxwood rebec, / which is worth more than a granary, / because I love him more.
Further reading
- “rabel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024