tarabilla

Spanish

Etymology

Either from Vulgar Latin *terebella, a diminutive of Latin terebra (“gimlet”), or from a diminutive of trabs. Compare Portuguese taramela, Galician tarabela.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /taɾaˈbiʝa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /taɾaˈbiʝa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /taɾaˈbiʎa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /taɾaˈbiʃa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /taɾaˈbiʒa/ [t̪a.ɾaˈβ̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ta‧ra‧bi‧lla

Noun

tarabilla f (plural tarabillas)

1. stonechat

Further reading

• “tarabilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014