trucar

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

Verb

trucar (first-person singular present truco, past participle trucat)

  1. to hit
    Synonym: tustar
  2. to knock, to ring (at the door)
  3. to call, to ring on the telephone

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Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Occitan trucar, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (to press on).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾuˈkaɾ/

Verb

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquei, past participle trucado)

  1. to bang head with head (for example, the rams during a fight)
  2. to knock
  3. to charge
  4. (figurative) to argue

Conjugation

  • Note: truc- are changed to truqu- before front vowels (e).

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References

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

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

trucar

  1. to hit; to strike

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾuˈka(ʁ)/ [tɾuˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tɾuˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾuˈka(ʁ)/ [tɾuˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾuˈka(ɻ)/

Etymology 1

From truque + -ar.

Verb

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquei, past participle trucado)

  1. (intransitive, card games) to make the first bid (in the game of truque)
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Etymology 2

From truca + -ar.

Verb

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truquei, past participle trucado)

  1. (intransitive, film) to do trick photography
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Spanish

Alternative forms

  • truquear (Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico)

Etymology

From truco + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾuˈkaɾ/ [t̪ɾuˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tru‧car

Verb

trucar (first-person singular present truco, first-person singular preterite truqué, past participle trucado)

  1. to tune up, soup up (modify a motor vehicle)
  2. to rig

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