truco

See also: trucó and Truco

Aragonese

FWOTD – 15 April 2013

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾuko/
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: tru‧co

Noun

truco m (plural trucos)

1. blow (act of striking or hitting)
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 43:

     Sintié un truco fuerte... prencipié a tener miedo.

     I felt a strong blow... I started to be scared.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɾu.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈtɾu.ko]

Verb

truco

1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

Galician

Verb

truco

1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Spanish truco and/or Catalan truc, both meaning "trick".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾu.ku/

• Hyphenation: tru‧co

Proper noun

truco m

1. Truco (card game)

Etymology 2

Verb

truco

1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾuko/ [ˈt̪ɾu.ko]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: tru‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French truc.

Noun

truco m (plural trucos)

1. trick
   1. gimmick, ploy (something designed to fool or swindle)

      Synonyms: artimaña, trampa

   2. piece of a magician's act
   3. effective way of doing something

      bolsa de trucos ― bag of tricks

2. catch, gimmick (hidden difficulty)

   ¿Cuál es el truco? ― What's the catch?

3. Truco (card game)
4. (video games) cheat (a hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code)

Derived terms

• dulce o truco (“trick-or-treat”) (Argentina)
• perro viejo no aprende trucos nuevos
• truco de magia
• truco del almendruco
• truco o caramelo (“trick-or-treat”) (Spain)
• truco o trato (“trick-or-treat”) (Spain)
• trucos del oficio
• truquito

 

Etymology 2

Verb

truco

1. first-person singular present indicative of trucar

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• curto
• turco