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tarabela.

gimlet, auger, drill

8 characters4 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun[taɾaˈβɛlɐ]
  1. gimlet, auger, drill

    feminine
  2. by extension, windmill blades or some other traditional devices composed by an axis and blades

    feminine
  3. device composed by an axis, blades and a tin, used as a scarecrow through the percussion of the wind moved blades and the tin

    feminine
  4. chattering damsel

    feminine
  5. a fool; someone who changes his mind all the time

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, either from Vulgar Latin *terebella, a diminutive of Latin terebra (“gimlet”), or from a diminutive of trabs (thus possibly a doublet of treu). Cognate with Occitan taravèla, Portuguese taramela and Spanish tarabilla.

noun/taɾaˈβɛla̝/
  1. a chatty person, chatterbox

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
  2. percussion musical instrument build from a cane

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Perhaps from Arabic تَكَلَّم (takallam, “to talk”); cognate with Portuguese tagarela.

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