trapalleiro

Galician

Etymology

From trapallo +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɾapaˈʎejɾʊ]

Adjective

trapalleiro (feminine trapalleira, masculine plural trapalleiros, feminine plural trapalleiras)

1. bungling
   • 1958, Xosé Luis Méndez Ferrín, Percival e outras historias:

     Era nervoso, delgado, vivo e trapalleiro na fala.

     He was nervous, thin, lively and bungling when speaking

2. (of a person) cheater, lying

   Synonym: zarapalleiro

3. (of a thing) botched; shoddy

   Synonyms: mesquiño, ruín

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trapallera”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trapalleiro”, 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), “trapalleiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trapalleiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN