Also means
to totter
Usage Note
Traballare describes physical unsteadiness — a wobbly table (il tavolo traballa), a staggering person — and is also used figuratively for an unstable situation or shaky argument (il governo traballa = the government is tottering). It takes avere as its auxiliary in compound tenses.
Examples
"Il tavolo traballa su quel pavimento."
Natural Translation
The table wobbles on that floor.
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