tronco
See also: troncò
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin truncus (“trunk”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tronco m (plural troncos)
- trunk (of a tree)
- stalk of a vine
- stalk of a cabbage
- torso
- main line of a lineage
- 1409, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 113:
- se aquel que eſta herança ouuer de auer for sandeu ou deſtruydor de seus bẽes, que se torne ao outro do tronco a que perteeſçeu
- if the one who this heirloom would have is foolish or a destroyer of his goods, then it must be turned to another one of the main line to which it belonged
- se aquel que eſta herança ouuer de auer for sandeu ou deſtruydor de seus bẽes, que se torne ao outro do tronco a que perteeſçeu
- 1409, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 113:
Related terms edit
References edit
- “tronco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “tronco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “tronco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tronco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tronco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
tronco (feminine tronca, masculine plural tronchi, feminine plural tronche)
- truncated
- parole tronche
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- cut off, mutilated
- broken, incomplete
- Synonyms: interrotto, incompleto
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
tronco m (plural tronchi)
- (botany) trunk, log
- Synonym: fusto
- (anatomy) trunk, torso
- Synonym: fusto
- (figurative) section, branch
- Synonyms: tratto, diramazione
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
tronco
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin truncus (“tree trunk; trunk of a human; cut-off piece”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tronco m (plural troncos)
- (botany) tree trunk
- (anatomy) trunk; torso
- Synonym: torso
- in a tree structure, a major branch from which smaller branches stem
- Synonym: talo
- (linguistics) a language family which is not a subfamily (that is, the topmost family of a language family tree)
- (geometry) frustum (the portion of a solid hat lies between two parallel planes)
- stocks (type of device for public humiliation and punishment)
- Synonym: (Brazil) vira-mundo
- (historical, colonial Brazil) a post where slaves were tied to be flogged
- prison, jail
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: tronk
- Afrikaans: tronk
- → English: tronk
- → Kwanyama: ondolonggo
- Afrikaans: tronk
- → Marathi: तुरुंग (turuṅga)
Further reading edit
- tronco on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin truncus. Cognate with English trunk, Italian tronco, Portuguese tronco.
Noun edit
tronco m (plural troncos)
- trunk (tree trunk)
- trunk (main channel)
- tronco braquiocefálico ― brachiocephalic artery
- torso
- Synonym: torso
- frustum
- team (of mules, etc.)
- Synonym: tiro
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
tronco m (plural troncos, feminine tronca, feminine plural troncas)
- (colloquial, Spain) guy, dude
- Synonym: tron
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter I, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 11:
- —Qué pasa, chavales. ¿Habéis visto el partido, troncos? —pregunta.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
tronco
Further reading edit
- “tronco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014