trebellar

From trebello.

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈβeʎaɾ/

trebellar (first-person singular present trebello, first-person singular preterite trebellei, past participle trebellado)

1. (archaic) to play; to frolic
2. to jumble

   Synonym: enredar

3. to work unproductively on something, because of lack of knowledge or aptitude

   Synonyms: enredar, fedellar

4. to work on something, lacking the required knowledge to do it, with the aim of understanding it

   Synonym: fedellar

• trebello

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “trebellar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trebel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trebellar”, 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), “trebellar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trebellar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From trebello.

• IPA^(key): /tɾe.be.ˈʎaɾ/

trebellar

1. to play, to romp
   • late 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Joham Zorro, B 1158: Pela ribeira do rio salido (facsimile)

     Pela Ribeira do rio salido / Trebelhey madre cõ meu amigo.

     Mother, I played with my boyfriend by the bank of the swelling river.

2. to joke

• Portuguese: trebelhar
• Galician: trebellar