tou tou rabela

Galician

Etymology

Attested during the 19th century. Onomatopoeic + rabela (“plough' stilt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtow ˈtow raˈβɛlɐ]

Interjection

tou tou rabela

1. (idiomatic) no way!

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rabela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tou tou rabela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega