trebellar

Galician

Etymology

From trebello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈβeʎaɾ/

Verb

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

1. (arcaic) 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trebellar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trebellar
Personal	trebellar	trebellares	trebellar	trebellarmos	trebellardes	trebellaren
Gerund
	trebellando
Past participle
Masculine	trebellado			trebellados
Feminine	trebellada			trebelladas
Indicative
Present	trebello	trebellas	trebella	trebellamos	trebellades	trebellan
Imperfect	trebellaba	trebellabas	trebellaba	trebellabamos	trebellabades	trebellaban
Preterite	trebellei	trebellaches	trebellou	trebellamos	trebellastes	trebellaron
Pluperfect	trebellara	trebellaras	trebellara	trebellaramos	trebellarades	trebellaran
Future	trebellarei	trebellarás	trebellará	trebellaremos	trebellaredes	trebellarán
Conditional	trebellaría	trebellarías	trebellaría	trebellariamos	trebellariades	trebellarían
Subjunctive
Present	trebelle	trebelles	trebelle	trebellemos	trebelledes	trebellen
Imperfect	trebellase	trebellases	trebellase	trebellásemos	trebellásedes	trebellasen
Future	trebellar	trebellares	trebellar	trebellarmos	trebellardes	trebellaren
Imperative
Affirmative		trebella	trebelle	trebellemos	trebellade	trebellen
Negative (non)		non trebelles	non trebelle	non trebellemos	non trebelledes	non trebellen

Related terms

• trebello

References

• 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: ILG
• 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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From trebello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾe.be.ˈʎaɾ/

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trebellar

infinitive		simple		trebellar
		compound		infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
gerund		simple		trebellando
		compound		gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		trebellado		trebellados
		feminine		trebellada		trebelladas
present participle				trebellante		trebellantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	trebello	trebellas	trebella	trebellamos	trebellades	trebellan
	imperfect	trebellava	trebellavas	trebellava	trebellavamos, trebellávamos	trebellavades, trebellávades	trebellavan
	preterite	trebellei	trebellaste, trebellasche, trebellache	trebellou	trebellamos	trebellastes	trebellaron
	pluperfect	trebellara	trebellaras	trebellara	trebellaramos, trebelláramos	trebellarades, trebellárades	trebellaran
	future	trebellarei	trebellarás	trebellará	trebellaremos	trebellaredes	trebellarán
	conditional	trebellaria	trebellarias	trebellaria	trebellariamos, trebellaríamos	trebellariades, trebellaríades	trebellarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	trebelle	trebelles	trebelle	trebellemos	trebelledes	trebellen
	preterite	trebellasse	trebellasses	trebellasse	trebellássemos	trebellássedes	trebellassen
	future	trebellar	trebellares	trebellar	trebellarmos	trebellardes	trebellaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	trebella	trebelle	trebellemos	trebellade	—
negative		—	non trebelles	non trebelle	non trebellemos	non trebelledes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		trebellar	trebellares	trebellar	trebellarmos	trebellardes	trebellaren
1 Its alternative spelling, aver, can be used as well. 2 teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".

Descendants

• Portuguese: trebelhar
• Galician: trebellar