tronco

See also: troncò

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin truncus (“trunk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾoŋko̝/

Noun

tronco m (plural troncos)

1. trunk (of a tree)
2. stalk of a vine

   Synonyms: cepa, pé

3. stalk of a cabbage

   Synonyms: cañoto, couceiro

4. torso
5. 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

Related terms

• troncho
• tronzar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tronco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tronco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tronco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tronco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tronco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtron.ko/
• Rhymes: -onko
• Hyphenation: trón‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin truncus.

Adjective

tronco (feminine tronca, masculine plural tronchi, feminine plural tronche)

1. truncated

   parole tronche

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. cut off, mutilated

   Synonyms: mozzato, mutilato

3. broken, incomplete

   Synonyms: interrotto, incompleto

Derived terms

• in tronco
• troncamente

Noun

tronco m (plural tronchi)

1. (botany) trunk, log

   Synonym: fusto

2. (anatomy) trunk, torso

   Synonym: fusto

3. (figurative) section, branch

   Synonyms: tratto, diramazione

Derived terms

• troncone

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tronco

1. first-person singular present indicative of troncare

Anagrams

• contro, contro-, contrò

Portuguese

tronco (2)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin truncus (“tree trunk; trunk of a human; cut-off piece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾõ.ku/

• Homophone: Tronco
• Hyphenation: tron‧co

Noun

tronco m (plural troncos)

1. (botany) tree trunk

   Synonyms: caule, estipe, haste

2. (anatomy) trunk; torso

   Synonym: torso

3. in a tree structure, a major branch from which smaller branches stem

   Synonym: talo

4. (linguistics) a language family which is not a subfamily (that is, the topmost family of a language family tree)
5. (geometry) frustum (the portion of a solid hat lies between two parallel planes)
6. stocks (type of device for public humiliation and punishment)

   Synonym: (Brazil) vira-mundo

7. (historical, colonial Brazil) a post where slaves were tied to be flogged
8. prison, jail

   Synonyms: cadeia, prisão, cárcere

Related terms

• troncho
• truncado
• truncar

Descendants

• → Dutch: tronk
  • Afrikaans: tronk
    • → English: tronk
    • → Kwanyama: ondolonggo
• → Gujarati: તુરંગ (turaṅg)
• → Kannada: ತುರಂಗ (turaṅga)
• → Malayalam: തുറുങ്ക് (tuṟuṅkŭ)
• → Marathi: तुरुंग (turuṅga)

Further reading

• tronco on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾonko/ [ˈt̪ɾõŋ.ko]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -onko
• Syllabification: tron‧co

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin truncus. Cognate with English trunk, Italian tronco, Portuguese tronco.

Noun

tronco m (plural troncos)

1. trunk (tree trunk)
2. trunk (main channel)

   tronco braquiocefálico ― brachiocephalic artery

3. torso

   Synonym: torso

4. frustum
5. team (of mules, etc.)

   Synonym: tiro

Derived terms

• picatroncos
• trepatroncos
• tronco de Brasil
• tronco de Navidad
• tronco del encéfalo
• tronco navideño
• tronquista

 

Noun

tronco m (plural troncos, feminine tronca, feminine plural troncas)

1. (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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tronco

1. first-person singular present indicative of troncar

Further reading

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