trebón
Galician
Alternative forms
- torbón
Etymology
From metathetical alteration of torbón, from Old Galician and Old Portuguese torvon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *turbōnem (“whirlwind”), accusative of Latin turbō, turbinem, with altered declension. Compare Portuguese trovão, Spanish turbión (archaic or dialectal turbón). Cf. also turbina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾeˈβoŋ/
Noun
trebón m (plural trebóns)
- thunderstorm
- Synonyms: torboada, treboada
- downpour
- Synonyms: arroiada, dioivo, tromba
Derived terms
- treboada
Related terms
- turbar
References
- “torvon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “torvo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “trebón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “trebón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “trebón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.