tarabilla

Spanish

Etymology

Either from Vulgar Latin *terebella, a diminutive of Latin terebra (“gimlet”), or from a diminutive of trabs. Compare Portuguese taramela, Galician tarabela.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /taɾaˈbiʝa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /taɾaˈbiʎa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /taɾaˈbiʃa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /taɾaˈbiʒa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: ta‧ra‧bi‧lla

Noun

tarabilla f (plural tarabillas)

  1. stonechat

Further reading

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