tropel

From Old Galician-Portuguese tropel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French tropel (“group”).

• IPA^(key): [tɾɔˈpɛl]

tropel m (plural tropeis)

1. swarm

   Synonym: fato

2. troop

• en tropel

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tropel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tropel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tropel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tropel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tropel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Vulgar Latin *troppellus, diminutive from Medieval Latin troppus.

tropel oblique singular, m (oblique plural tropeaus or tropeax or tropiaus or tropiax or tropels, nominative singular tropeaus or tropeax or tropiaus or tropiax or tropels, nominative plural tropel)

1. group

• Middle French: troupel, troupeau
  • French: troupeau
• Picard: troupiaû, troupiô (Athois)
• Walloon: troupia (Charleroi), tropê (Forrières)
• → Middle English: tropel
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: tropel
  • Galician: tropel

From Spanish tropel.

tropel m (plural tropéis)

2. swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)

   Synonym: turba

• atropelar

From tropa.

• IPA^(key): /tɾoˈpel/ [t̪ɾoˈpel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: tro‧pel

tropel m (plural tropeles)

1. mob, crowd, swarm

   Synonym: muchedumbre

2. squad, troop

• → Portuguese: tropel

• “tropel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28