trifulga

Catalan

Alternative forms

• trafulga, trifulca

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Late Latin trifurcus (“three-forked”) or perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *trānsbullicare with influence from such words as trabucar and trafegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾiˈful.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾiˈful.ɣa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

trifulga f (plural trifulgues)

1. jam, fix (difficult situation)

Further reading

• “trifulga”, 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