trilla

See also: trillá and trillà

Catalan

Verb

trilla

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

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: trillas, trillât

Verb

trilla

1. third-person singular past historic of triller

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʎa̝/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from trilla (“to thresh”); alternatively ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þriljaną (compare English drill, Old English þyrel).

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

1. clothes moth
2. woodworm

Etymology 2

Deverbal from trilla (“to thresh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʎa̝/

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

1. (flax processing) scutcher
2. hatchet used for chopping gorse

Etymology 3

Verb

trilla

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

References

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

Italian

Verb

trilla

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• trillen

Noun

trilla m or f

1. definite feminine singular of trille

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• trillet

Verb

trilla

1. inflection of trille:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiʝa/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈtɾiʝa/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈtɾiʎa/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈtɾiʃa/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈtɾiʒa/ [ˈt̪ɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: tri‧lla

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Galician trilla, from Latin trigla.

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

1. gurnard (fish)

   Synonym: rubio

Etymology 2

Deverbal from trillar.

Noun

trilla f (plural trillas)

1. threshing

Verb

trilla

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

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “trila”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 632

Further reading

• “trilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

trilla c

1. a cart, a small waggon

Declension

Declension of trilla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	trilla	trillas
	definite	trillan	trillans
plural	indefinite	trillor	trillors
	definite	trillorna	trillornas

Verb

trilla (present trillar, preterite trillade, supine trillat, imperative trilla)

1. to fall a short distance (without major injury), for example by tripping over

   Han trillade omkull

   He tripped over

   Han trillade av hästen

   He fell off the horse

   Den ruttnade och trillade av

   It rotted and fell off

2. (figuratively, with in) to come (in a somewhat random manner)

   Gästerna började trilla in

   The guests were starting to arrive

   Pengarna började trilla in

   The money started rolling in

3. to roll (to shape pills or meatballs); to create a ball of some (sticky) material by rolling a piece of it between one's hands until it is roughly spherical.

   att trilla köttbullar

   to roll meatballs

Usage notes

• The passive form and past participle are only applicable in definition 2.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trilla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	trilla		trillas
supine	trillat		trillats
imperative	trilla		—
imper. plural1	trillen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	trillar	trillade	trillas	trillades
ind. plural1	trilla	trillade	trillas	trillades
subjunctive2	trille	trillade	trilles	trillades
present participle		trillande
past participle		trillad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• pillertrillare
• polletten trillar ner

References

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