traba

Meaning

trabar

  1. to connect, to join (pieces of wood)
  2. to obstruct
  3. to hold back
  4. to fasten
  5. to thicken (sauce, pudding etc.)
  6. (reflexive) to get caught up, to become entangled
  7. (reflexive) to jam, to get jammed, to get stuck, to seize up

Frequency

25k
Hyphenated as
tra‧ba
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɾaba/
Etymology

In summary

From Latin trabs (“timber”). Compare English trave (“crossbeam”).

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