trasmallo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Aragonese trasmallo, itself from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) +‎ macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with English trammel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾasˈmaʝo/ [t̪ɾazˈma.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tɾasˈmaʎo/ [t̪ɾazˈma.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾasˈmaʃo/ [t̪ɾazˈma.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾasˈmaʒo/ [t̪ɾazˈma.ʒo]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒo

Syllabification: tras‧ma‧llo

Noun

trasmallo m (plural trasmallos)

drift net (very long fishing net)
- 2016 October 14, “Alarma en puerto de Anconcito por el asalto a lanchas”, in El Universo‎:
  Versiones de los pescadores indican que sujetos a bordo de lanchas rápidas los amedrentaron, hicieron disparos al aire, los insultaron y los despojaron de fibras, trasmallos e implementos de trabajo.
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Further reading

“trasmallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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