trapa

See also: Trapa

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare trappe, trampa.

Pronunciation

Noun

trapa f (plural trapes)

  1. trapdoor
  2. an opening in a floor or ceiling to allow the passage of light, persons, goods, etc.
    Fent una cadena humana, amb els braços units, van passar per la trapa que descendia a la zona inundada de la cova.
    Linking their arms to form a human chain, they passed through the opening which led to the flooded zone of the cave.

Further reading

Galician

Trapa, trapela or zapón

Etymology

Either onomatopoeic, shared with most western European languages, or from Germanic (compare English trap).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾapa̝/

Noun

trapa f (plural trapas)

  1. trap, trapdoor
    Synonyms: trapela, zapón
  2. trap, snare
    Synonym: armada

Derived terms

References

  • trapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • trapa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • trapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • trapa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • trapa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “trampa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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