trepa
See also: trepá
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from trepar. First attested in 1205.
Noun edit
trepa f (plural trepes)
- (historical) a form of trimming added to clothing consisting of a hole in the cloth with a different colour of material showing underneath
- (graphic art) stencil
- Synonym: estergit
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly derived from Etymology 1 (per GDLC) or a variant of tropa (per DCVB), changed probably by analogy with trepalla.
Noun edit
trepa f (plural trepes)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
trepa
- inflection of trepar:
Galician edit
Verb edit
trepa
- inflection of trepar:
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tre‧pa
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
trepa f (plural trepas)
- (informal) beating; spanking
- Voltas a fazer isso e levas uma trepa. ― Do that again, and you'll take a beating.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
trepa
- inflection of trepar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
trepa m or f by sense (plural trepas)
- social climber
- Synonym: arribista
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
trepa
- inflection of trepar:
Further reading edit
- “trepa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014