traballar

Galician

/tɾaβaˈʎaɾ/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to work
  • (intransitive) to struggle, strive
  • (transitive) to exert an effort on something; usually referred to a field (cultivate), dough (knead), or iron (forge).
  • (inflection of) traballar
  • (inflection of) traballar

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese traballar inherited from Latin *tripaliāre, tripālis (that which has three stakes, having three stakes, held up by three stakes, held up by three stakes pales).

Origin

Latin

tripālis

Gloss

that which has three stakes, having three stakes, held up by three stakes, held up by three stakes pales

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