trasmallo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Aragonese trasmallo, itself from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) +‎ macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with English trammel.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /tɾasˈmaʝo/ [t̪ɾazˈma.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /tɾasˈmaʎo/ [t̪ɾazˈma.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /tɾasˈmaʃo/ [t̪ɾazˈma.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /tɾasˈmaʒo/ [t̪ɾazˈma.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: tras‧ma‧llo

Noun

trasmallo m (plural trasmallos)

  1. drift net (very long fishing net)
    • 2016 October 14, “Alarma en puerto de Anconcito por el asalto a lanchas”, in El Universo‎[1]:
      Versiones de los pescadores indican que sujetos a bordo de lanchas rápidas los amedrentaron, hicieron disparos al aire, los insultaron y los despojaron de fibras, trasmallos e implementos de trabajo.
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