trancar

See also: trançar

Portuguese

Etymology

From tranca (“door bolt”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈkaɾ/
• Hyphenation: tran‧car

Verb

trancar (first-person singular present indicative tranco, past participle trancado)

1. to lock, latch

   Ele esqueceu de trancar a porta.

   He forgot to lock the door.

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb trancar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter c is changed to qu depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ca-, -que- and -co-. Verbs with this conjugation include: brincar, buscar, pecar, trancar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trancar
Personal	trancar	trancares	trancar	trancarmos	trancardes	trancarem
Gerund
	trancando
Past participle
Masculine	trancado			trancados
Feminine	trancada			trancadas
Indicative
Present	tranco	trancas	tranca	trancamos	trancais	trancam
Imperfect	trancava	trancavas	trancava	trancávamos	trancáveis	trancavam
Preterite	tranquei	trancaste	trancou	trancamos trancámos	trancastes	trancaram
Pluperfect	trancara	trancaras	trancara	trancáramos	trancáreis	trancaram
Future	trancarei	trancarás	trancará	trancaremos	trancareis	trancarão
Conditional
	trancaria	trancarias	trancaria	trancaríamos	trancaríeis	trancariam
Subjunctive
Present	tranque	tranques	tranque	tranquemos	tranqueis	tranquem
Imperfect	trancasse	trancasses	trancasse	trancássemos	trancásseis	trancassem
Future	trancar	trancares	trancar	trancarmos	trancardes	trancarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	tranca	tranque	tranquemos	trancai	tranquem
Negative (não)	-	tranques	tranque	tranquemos	tranqueis	tranquem

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾanˈkaɾ/, [t̪ɾãŋˈkaɾ]
• Hyphenation: tran‧car

Verb

trancar (first-person singular present tranco, first-person singular preterite tranqué, past participle trancado)

1. to lock
2. to stride

   Synonym: atrancar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trancar
gerund			trancando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trancado		trancada
		plural		trancados		trancadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tranco	trancastú trancásvos	tranca	trancamos	trancáis	trancan
	imperfect	trancaba	trancabas	trancaba	trancábamos	trancabais	trancaban
	preterite	tranqué	trancaste	trancó	trancamos	trancasteis	trancaron
	future	trancaré	trancarás	trancará	trancaremos	trancaréis	trancarán
	conditional	trancaría	trancarías	trancaría	trancaríamos	trancaríais	trancarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tranque	tranquestú tranquésvos2	tranque	tranquemos	tranquéis	tranquen
	imperfect (ra)	trancara	trancaras	trancara	trancáramos	trancarais	trancaran
	imperfect (se)	trancase	trancases	trancase	trancásemos	trancaseis	trancasen
	future1	trancare	trancares	trancare	trancáremos	trancareis	trancaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trancatú trancávos	tranque	tranquemos	trancad	tranquen
	negative		no tranques	no tranque	no tranquemos	no tranquéis	no tranquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of trancar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive trancar
	dative	trancarme	trancarte	trancarle, trancarse	trancarnos	trancaros	trancarles, trancarse
	accusative	trancarme	trancarte	trancarlo, trancarla, trancarse	trancarnos	trancaros	trancarlos, trancarlas, trancarse
with gerund trancando
	dative	trancándome	trancándote	trancándole, trancándose	trancándonos	trancándoos	trancándoles, trancándose
	accusative	trancándome	trancándote	trancándolo, trancándola, trancándose	trancándonos	trancándoos	trancándolos, trancándolas, trancándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tranca
	dative	tráncame	tráncate	tráncale	tráncanos	not used	tráncales
	accusative	tráncame	tráncate	tráncalo, tráncala	tráncanos	not used	tráncalos, tráncalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative trancá
	dative	trancame	trancate	trancale	trancanos	not used	trancales
	accusative	trancame	trancate	trancalo, trancala	trancanos	not used	trancalos, trancalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tranque
	dative	tránqueme	not used	tránquele, tránquese	tránquenos	not used	tránqueles
	accusative	tránqueme	not used	tránquelo, tránquela, tránquese	tránquenos	not used	tránquelos, tránquelas
with first-person plural imperative tranquemos
	dative	not used	tranquémoste	tranquémosle	tranquémonos	tranquémoos	tranquémosles
	accusative	not used	tranquémoste	tranquémoslo, tranquémosla	tranquémonos	tranquémoos	tranquémoslos, tranquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative trancad
	dative	trancadme	not used	trancadle	trancadnos	trancaos	trancadles
	accusative	trancadme	not used	trancadlo, trancadla	trancadnos	trancaos	trancadlos, trancadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tranquen
	dative	tránquenme	not used	tránquenle	tránquennos	not used	tránquenles, tránquense
	accusative	tránquenme	not used	tránquenlo, tránquenla	tránquennos	not used	tránquenlos, tránquenlas, tránquense

Related terms

• atrancar
• tranca
• trancazo

 

Further reading

• “trancar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014