# trabar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* travar (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese trave, ultimately from Latin trabs (“beam”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾaˈβaɾ/

### Verb

trabar (first-person singular present trabo, first-person singular preterite trabei, past participle trabado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to bite; to grab
    Synonyms: chanchar, morder, trincar
    Non teñas medo que este can non traba.Don't be afraid, this dog won't bite you.
** 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:Quando as ditas llandoas creçeren asy como Nozes, ou mais ou menos, traua dellas llogo et apretaas et fendeas ao llongo con canyuete agudowhen these growths become big as nuts, give or take, grab them readily and squeeze them and cut them open lengthwise with a sharp knife
* (transitive) to fetter
    Synonym: pexar
* (transitive) to obstruct or impede
* (transitive) to fasten, connect or join
* (pronominal) to entangle

#### Derived terms

* trabada
* trabadela

#### Related terms

* trabe

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “travar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trava”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trabar”, 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), “trabar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trabar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

From traba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾaˈbaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tra‧bar

### Verb

trabar (first-person singular present trabo, first-person singular preterite trabé, past participle trabado)
* to connect, to join (pieces of wood)
    Synonyms: conectar, juntar
* to obstruct
    Antonym: destrabar
* to hold back
* to fasten
* to thicken (sauce, pudding etc.)
    Synonyms: enganchar, sujetar, agarrar, espesar
* (reflexive) to get caught up, to become entangled
    Synonym: enredarse
* (reflexive) to jam, to get jammed, to get stuck, to seize up
    Synonym: atascarse

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* trabalenguas
* trabapalancas
* trabarse la lengua

### Further reading

* “trabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10