trebejo

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈbexo/ [t̪ɾeˈβ̞e.xo]
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: tre‧be‧jo

Probably from Old Spanish *trebe, from trébede (“trivet, something small”), ultimately from Latin tripedes, plural of tripes.

trebejo m (plural trebejos)

1. (usually in the plural) tool, utensil, instrument

   Synonyms: herramienta, instrumento, utensilio

2. toy

   Synonym: juguete

3. chess piece
   • 1858, Jerónimo Borao, El ajedrez:

     Los trebejos del ajedrez son ocho piezas y ocho peones para cada jugador, siendo, para el uno, de color blanco y para el otro de negro.

     The chessmen are eight pieces and eight pawns for each player, one white and one black.

4. (archaic) diversion, pastime
5. (archaic) joke, jest

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

trebejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of trebejar

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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