trela

• trena, trenla, trenlla

From Vulgar Latin *tragella or *tragenella, from trahō (“I bring”): compare tralla (“rope; whip”), from Latin trāgula. Compare also Portuguese trena and Spanish trena.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɾɛlɐ]

trela f (plural trelas)

1. leash

   Synonym: correa

2. halter

   Synonyms: cabestro, xácoma

3. wooden ring tied to the extreme of a string, used for fastening it

   Synonym: targa

4. rope used for securing the load

   Synonyms: adival, liame, luria, sedeño, treixa, trelo

5. swing (a line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; children's game)

   Synonym: randeeira

6. (figurative, colloquial) jail, prison
   • 1858, Juan Manuel Pintos, Contos da aldea que parecen historias da vila e historias da vila que parecen contos da aldea, Vigo: El Album del Miño, page 224:

     E logo ese caliveira de ese soldado que a rifa foi o que armou na taberna e na trenla estar debía agora

     And then again, this party animal, this soldier who started the brawl at the tavern and who now should be in jail

• trelo

• “trela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trenla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trenla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Vulgar Latin *tragella or *tragenella, from trahō (“to bring”).

• Hyphenation: tre‧la

trela f (plural trelas)

1. leash

Borrowed from English trailer.

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trela (ma class, plural matrela)

1. trailer