tarabela

Galician

Etymology 1

15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, either from Vulgar Latin *terebella, a diminutive of Latin terebra (“gimlet”), or from a diminutive of trabs (thus possibly a doublet of treu). Cognate with Portuguese taramela and Spanish tarabilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taɾaˈβɛlɐ]

Noun

tarabela f (plural tarabelas)

1. (tool) gimlet, auger, drill

   Synonyms: binguelete, trade

   • 1485, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 286:

     iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao

     item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two small drills; item, two handsaws

2. by extension, windmill blades or some other traditional devices composed by an axis and blades
3. device composed by an axis, blades and a tin, used as a scarecrow through the percussion of the wind moved blades and the tin
4. chattering damsel

   Synonym: cacarexo

5. (figurative) a fool; someone who changes his mind all the time

Derived terms

• tarabelo

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Arabic تَكَلَّم (takallam, “to talk”); cognate with Portuguese tagarela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɾaˈβɛla̝/

Noun

tarabela m or f by sense (plural tarabelas)

1. a chatty person, chatterbox
2. (music) percussion musical instrument build from a cane

   Synonym: castañola de cana

References

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