trebellar

From trebello.

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈβeʎaɾ/

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

• trebello

• “trebellar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “trebel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “trebellar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “trebellar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trebellar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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