See also: transá and tranša

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Clipping of transação.[1][2]

Noun edit

transa f (plural transas)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) deal, trade, agreement
  2. (Brazil, colloquial) sex (an act of sexual intercourse)

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

transa

  1. inflection of transar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of transir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References edit

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾansa/ [ˈt̪ɾãn.sa]
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Syllabification: tran‧sa

Noun edit

transa m or f by sense (plural transas)

  1. (at least in Argentina) drug dealer[1]
    • 2021 June 30, Katherine Sobering, Javier Auyero, “Entre narcos y policías”, in Anfibia[2], retrieved 20 December 2023:
      Los “transas” que vendían en la calle y constituían la base de esta estructura piramidal no eran plenamente conscientes –y la evidencia lo muestra– de estos arreglos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb edit

transa

  1. inflection of transar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of transir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References edit

  1. ^ Rocha, Heder Leandro (2022 November) “‘A la vuelta de mi casa había un transa’: de la implicación de adolescentes varones con el narcotráfico hacia el mapeo del crimen organizado en el Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina”, in Geograficando[1] (in Spanish), →ISSN

Further reading edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From transvestit.

Noun edit

transa c

  1. (colloquial, chiefly derogatory, potentially offensive) a tranny (transvestite)
    Synonym: transvestit

Declension edit

Declension of transa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative transa transan transor transorna
Genitive transas transans transors transornas

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