tralla

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trāgla, from Latin trāgula (“javelin”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tralla f (plural tralles)

  1. whiplash, whipcord

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin trāgula,[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾaʎa̝/

Noun

tralla f (plural trallas)

  1. main ropes of some nets: sinker line and float line
  2. whip

References
  1. Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. tralla.
  2. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “traer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Verb

tralla

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

Italian

Contraction

tralla

  1. (dated) Contraction of tra la.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²trɑlːɑ/

Verb

tralla (present tense trallar, past tense tralla, past participle tralla, passive infinitive trallast, present participle trallande, imperative tralla/trall)

  1. to sing casually, wordlessly, (sing tralala), to hum

References

Spanish

Noun

tralla f (plural trallas)

  1. whip

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology 1

From tralala, onomatopoeic.

Verb

tralla (present trallar, preterite trallade, supine trallat, imperative tralla)

  1. to sing a (happy) melody, replacing the words with sequences of sounds like "tra-la-la"
    Hon trallade på en melodi
    She was "tra-la-la'ing" a melody
Conjugation
Conjugation of tralla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tralla trallas
Supine trallat trallats
Imperative tralla —
Imper. plural1 trallen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative trallar trallade trallas trallades
Ind. plural1 tralla trallade trallas trallades
Subjunctive2 tralle trallade tralles trallades
Participles
Present participle trallande
Past participle trallad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English trolley. Attested since 1891.

Noun

tralla c

  1. a small, low, open wagon used for transport (on a railroad or in a generalized sense with wheels); a trolley, a handcar
Declension
Declension of tralla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tralla trallan trallor trallorna
Genitive trallas trallans trallors trallornas
Derived terms
References
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