trencacolls

Verb-object compound, composed of trenca (“to break”) +‎ colls (“necks”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌtɾɛŋ.kəˈkɔʎs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌtɾəŋ.kəˈkɔʎs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌtɾeŋ.kaˈkɔʎs]

trencacolls m (invariable)

1. deathtrap
2. pitfall

• “trencacolls”, 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