tralla

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trāgla, from Latin trāgula (“javelin”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾa.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾa.ʎa]

tralla f (plural tralles)

1. whiplash, whipcord

• “tralla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaɟa/ [ˈt̪ɾa̠.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɟa
• Hyphenation: tra‧lla

From Latin trāgula,^[1][2] from the root of traho (“to draw, drag”).

tralla f (plural trallas)

1. main ropes of some nets: sinker line and float line
2. whip

   Synonym: látego

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tralla”, 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), “tralla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tralla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

tralla

1. inflection of trallar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

tralla

1. (dated) contraction of tra la

• tralle

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /²trɑlːɑ/

tralla (present tense trallar, past tense tralla, past participle tralla, passive infinitive trallast, present participle trallande, imperative tralla/trall)

1. to sing casually, wordlessly, (sing tralala), to hum

• “tralla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin trāgula, from the root of traho (“to draw, drag”).

• Syllabification: tra‧lla

tralla f (plural trallas)

1. whip

• “tralla”, 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

From tralala, onomatopoeic.

tralla (present trallar, preterite trallade, supine trallat, imperative tralla)

1. to sing a (happy) melody, replacing the words with sequences of sounds like "tra-la-la"

   Hon trallade på en melodi

   She was "tra-la-la'ing" a melody

Borrowed from English trolley. Attested since 1891.

tralla c

1. a small, low, open wagon used for transport (on a railroad or in a generalized sense with wheels); a trolley, a handcar

• tralla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tralla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tralla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)