tripa

Noun

tripa f (plural tripes)

1. (anatomy) belly
2. (anatomy) intestine, gut

Etymology

14th century. Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾipa̝/

Noun

tripa f (plural tripas)

1. (anatomy) belly
2. (anatomy) intestine, gut
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 461:

     Et deulle tã grã ferida cõ hũa lança que tragía que a loriga nõ lle prestou nada, et passou a lança perlo uẽtre del, et logo as tripas lle caerõ sóbrelo arçón da sela

     And he hit him such a blow with a spear he brought that the breastplate didn't benefit him at all, and the spear passed through his belly, and immediately his intestines fell over the saddlebow

References

• “tripa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “tripa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “tripa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “tripa” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “tripa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Portuguese tripa and Spanish tripa and Kabuverdianu tripa.

Noun

tripa

1. guts

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Arabic تَرْب‎ (tarb, “bowels”), or from a Celtic root connected with Old Irish tarpán (“bunch of grapes”). Spanish tripa and Italian trippa.

Noun

tripa f (plural tripas)

1. tripe; intestine

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Arabic تَرْب‎ (tarb, “bowels”), or from a Celtic root connected with Old Irish tarpán (“bunch of grapes”). Portuguese tripa and Italian trippa.

Noun

tripa f (plural tripas)

1. tripe
2. intestine, gut
3. belly
4. inner tube