Feminine

tripa

Meaning

  1. (feminine) tripe
  2. (feminine) intestine; gut
  3. (feminine) belly
  4. (feminine) inner tube

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
tri‧pa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɾipa/
Etymology

In summary

Uncertain; possibly from Arabic تَرْب (tarb, “bowels”), or perhaps connected to Old Norse torf (“turf, sod”) (see e.g. Middle Irish tarpán/torpán (“bunch of grapes; clod”)). See Portuguese tripa and Italian trippa.

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