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Etymology 1 edit

From Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *drauzaz, from *dreusaną (to drop).[1]

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trousar (first-person singular present trouso, first-person singular preterite trousei, past participle trousado)

  1. (transitive) to vomit
  2. (transitive) to transfer a liquid, to decant
  3. (transitive) to transfer a colony of bees from a beehive to another
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Etymology 2 edit

From trouzo.

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trousar (first-person singular present trouso, first-person singular preterite trousei, past participle trousado)

  1. (transitive) to twist a yarn
  2. (transitive) to nibble
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References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “trousa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos