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Meaning of trabalinguas | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C1
tɾaβaˈliŋɡwa̝s

Definitions

tongue-twister (a phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes)

invariable, masculine

Equivalents

العربية تنافر
Azərbaycanca yanıltmac
Čeština jazykolam
Deutsch Zungenbrecher
Ελληνικά γλωσσοδέτης
English tongue-twister
Esperanto langrompilo
Español trabalenguas
Français virelangue
Magyar nyelvtörő
Italiano scioglilingua
日本語 早口言葉
Lietuvių greitakalbė
Македонски брзозборка
Nederlands tongbreker
Русский скороговорка
Slovenčina jazykolam
Svenska tungvrickare
Kiswahili kitanza ndimi
தமிழ் நா பிறழ்
Türkçe tekerleme
Українська скоромо́вка

Examples

“Un trabalinguas galego: “Se vou a Bueu nun bou, vou. Se non vou nun bou, non vou.” [sɪˈβowɐβuˈewnumˈbowˈβow sɪnʊmˈbownum'bownʊm'bow]”

A Galician tongue-twister: “If I'll go to Bueu in a bou (ship), I'll go; but if I won't go in a bou, I won't go.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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