rabel

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rabel m (plural rabeis)

1. rebec

• “rabel”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Borrowed from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).

• IPA^(key): /raˈbel/ [raˈβ̞el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: ra‧bel

rabel m (plural rabeles)

1. rebec
   • 1619, Lope de Vega, Fuente Ovejuna‎^[1], Madrid, lines 286–289:

     Daré mi rabel de boj, / que vale más que una troj, / porque yo le estimo en más.

     I will give my boxwood rebec, / which is worth more than a granary, / because I love him more.

• “rabel”, 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