trepa

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾe.pə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾe.pa] === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from trepar. First attested in 1205. ==== Noun ==== trepa f (plural trepes) (historical) a form of trimming added to clothing consisting of a hole in the cloth with a different colour of material showing underneath (graphic art) stencil Synonym: estergit === Etymology 2 === Possibly derived from Etymology 1 (per GDLC) or a variant of tropa (per DCVB), changed probably by analogy with trepalla. ==== Noun ==== trepa f (plural trepes) mob, rabble Synonym: gentalla === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== trepa inflection of trepar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Galician == === Verb === trepa inflection of trepar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tre‧pa === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== trepa f (plural trepas) (informal) beating; spanking Voltas a fazer isso e levas uma trepa. ― Do that again, and you'll take a beating. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== trepa inflection of trepar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “trepa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “trepa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɾepa/ [ˈt̪ɾe.pa] Rhymes: -epa Syllabification: tre‧pa === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from trepar. ==== Noun ==== trepa m or f by sense (plural trepas) social climber Synonym: arribista === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== trepa inflection of trepar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “trepa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025