trapa

See also: Trapa

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare trappe, trampa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈtɾa.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtɾa.pa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

trapa f (plural trapes)

1. trapdoor
2. an opening in a floor or ceiling to allow the passage of light, persons, goods, etc.

   Fent una cadena humana, amb els braços units, van passar per la trapa que descendia a la zona inundada de la cova.

   Linking their arms to form a human chain, they passed through the opening which led to the flooded zone of the cave.

Further reading

• “trapa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin trappa.

Noun

trapa f (plural trapes) (ORB, broad)

1. trap, snare

Derived terms

• atrapar

References

• trappe in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• trapa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Trapa, trapela or zapón

Etymology

Either onomatopoeic, shared with most western European languages, or from Germanic (compare English trap).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾapa̝/

Noun

trapa f (plural trapas)

1. trap, trapdoor

   Synonyms: trapela, zapón

2. trap, snare

   Synonym: armada

Derived terms

• atrapar
• Trapa
• trapela
• Trapela

Related terms

• trampa

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “trapa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “trapa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “trapa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trapa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trapa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dreb-der.

Proto-West Germanic *trappā

Old High German trappa

Middle High German trappe

Middle High German treppe

German Treppebor.

Kashubian trapa

Borrowed from German Treppe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtra.pa/
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: tra‧pa

Noun

trapa m inan

1. stair (a single step in a staircase)

   Synonyms: stępiń, schód

Declension

Declension of trapa

	singular	plural
nominative	trapa	trapë
genitive	trapë	trap(ów)
dative	trapie	trapóm
accusative	trapã	trapë
instrumental	trapą	trapama
locative	trapie	trapach
vocative	trapa/trapò	trapë

Derived terms

adjective

• trapowi

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “schodek”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “schodek”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “trapa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Portuguese

Verb

trapa

1. inflection of trapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative