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Etymology edit

From Latin truncāre.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tronˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tron‧cà‧re

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troncàre (first-person singular present trónco, first-person singular past historic troncài, past participle troncàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to break off, to truncate
    troncare sul nascereto nip in the bud
  2. to cut off, to sever
  3. (linguistics) to apocopate
  4. to ruin, to cut short (a career, etc.)
  5. (figurative) to sap, to weaken

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troncare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of troncar