truhan
See also: truhán
Spanish
editAlternative forms
edit- truhán (pre-2010 spelling reform)
Etymology
editAccording to Coromines and Pascual, from Old Spanish trufán, attested since the 13th century, borrowed from Old French truand (“a mendicant; a crook or gangster”), from a Gaulish *trūgantos, perhaps diminutive of *trūgos, cognate with English truant, Irish trogán, related to Old Irish tróg (“miserable, unfortunate”), Breton tru (“weak”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (often including Central America) /tɾuˈan/ [t̪ɾuˈãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: tru‧han
- IPA(key): (Central America) /ˈtɾwan/ [ˈt̪ɾwãn]
- Rhymes: -an
Noun
edittruhan m (plural truhanes, feminine truhana, feminine plural truhanas)
Derived terms
editAdjective
edittruhan (feminine truhana, masculine plural truhanes, feminine plural truhanas)
- cunning, tricky
- (figuratively) clowning, wisecracking (said of a person)
Further reading
edit- “truhan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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