trapa
See also: Trapa
Catalan
Noun
trapa f (plural trapes)
- trapdoor
- an opening in a floor or ceiling to allow the passage of light, persons, goods, etc.
- Fent una cadena humana, amb els braços units, van passar per la trapa que descendia a la zona inundada de la cova.
- Linking their arms to form a human chain, they passed through the opening which led to the flooded zone of the cave.
Further reading
- “trapa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician

Trapa, trapela or zapón
Etymology
Either onomatopoeic, shared with most western European languages, or from Germanic (compare English trap).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾapa̝/
Related terms
References
- “trapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “trapa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “trapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “trapa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “trapa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “trampa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German trappe or from German Treppe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrapa/
- Syllabification: tra‧pa
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
- trapowi
Further reading
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “schodek”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “schodek”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “trapa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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