tranca

See also: trancá and trança

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”) (compare Middle Irish tairnge (“iron nail”)), Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaŋka/ [ˈt̪ɾɑŋ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -aŋka
• Hyphenation: tran‧ca

Noun

tranca f (plural trancas)

1. bar used to keep a door closed
2. door bolt
3. salmon

   Synonyms: salmón, irce (obsolete)

Derived terms

• atrancar

 

Related terms

• trangallada
• trangallo

 

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *drankiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaŋka̝/

Noun

tranca f (plural trancas)

1. drunkenness, intoxication

Derived terms

• trancazo

Related terms

• trincar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tranq”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tranca”, 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), “tranca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tranca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃kɐ
• Hyphenation: tran‧ca

Etymology 1

tranca

From Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”) (compare Middle Irish tairnge (“iron nail”)), Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).

Noun

tranca f (plural trancas)

1. bar, door bolt

   Synonyms: ferrolho, aldraba, aldrava

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tranca

1. inflection of trancar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Interjection

tranca

1. Alternative form of tranc

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾanka/ [ˈt̪ɾãŋ.ka]
• Rhymes: -anka
• Syllabification: tran‧ca

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”) (compare Middle Irish tairnge (“iron nail”)), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).

Noun

tranca f (plural trancas)

1. thick bar of wood
2. bar used to keep closed a door
3. door bolt
4. (colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Derived terms

• a trancas y barrancas
• atrancar
• hasta las trancas
• trancar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tranca

1. inflection of trancar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tranca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• cantar