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)

  1. thunderstorm
    Synonyms: torboada, treboada
  2. downpour
    Synonyms: arroiada, dioivo, tromba

Derived terms

References
  • “torvon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “torvo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “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.
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