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Where does “trabar” come from?

trabar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese trave, from Latin trabs, from Indo-European *treb-.

trabar (Galician): to bite, to grab; to fetter; to obstruct or...

Definitions

  1. to bite, to grab; to fetter; to obstruct or...

Ancestry of “trabar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetravebeam
2Latintrabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis
3Indo-European*treb-—
Every word from Indo-European *treb- →