trapalleiro

Galician

Etymology

From trapallo +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɾapaˈʎejɾʊ]

Adjective

trapalleiro (feminine trapalleira, masculine plural trapalleiros, feminine plural trapalleiras)

  1. bungling
    • 1958, Xosé Luis Méndez Ferrín, Percival e outras historias:
      Era nervoso, delgado, vivo e trapalleiro na fala.
      He was nervous, thin, lively and bungling when speaking
  2. (of a person) cheater, lying
    Synonym: zarapalleiro
  3. (of a thing) botched; shoddy
    Synonyms: mesquiño, ruín

References
  • “trapallera” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “trapalleiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “trapalleiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “trapalleiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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