See also: trochã

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish trocha

Noun edit

trocha (plural trochas)

  1. (military, Latin America) A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region.

Anagrams edit

Czech edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech trocha, from Proto-Slavic *troxa.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtroxa]
  • Hyphenation: tro‧cha

Noun edit

trocha f

  1. a little, bit
    Nemáš ještě trochu tabáku?Do you have a little tobacco left?

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • trocha in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • trocha in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • trocha in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *troxa. First attested in the beginning of the 15th century.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /trɔxa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /trɔxa/

Noun edit

trocha f

  1. a little (small amount)
    • 1880 [Middle of the 15th century], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume V, page 280:
      Est etiam mundus locus incultus propter raritatem et paucitatem, prze rzathkocz a throchą, virtutum
      [Est etiam mundus locus incultus propter raritatem et paucitatem, prze rzadkoć a trochę, virtutum]
    • Beginning of the 15th century, Kazania gnieźnieńskie[1], page 4a:
      Tedy vøcz Maria gest bila suego sinka porodila y *gescy gy ona f gasly na trochø szana bila polosila
      [Tedy więc Maryja jest była swego synka porodziła i jesci ji ona w jasły na trochę siana była położyła]

Derived terms edit

adverb

Descendants edit

  • Polish: trocha

References edit

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾot͡ʃa/ [ˈt̪ɾo.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -otʃa
  • Syllabification: tro‧cha

Noun edit

trocha f (plural trochas)

  1. trail, narrow path
  2. (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)

Further reading edit