tranca

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *taranca, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”). Compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”) and Old Irish tairnge (“iron nail”).^[1]

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *drankiz.

References

• “tranq” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “tranca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “tranca” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “tranca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: tran‧ca

Noun

tranca f (plural trancas)

1. bar, door bolt

Verb

tranca

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

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish (compare Old Irish tairnge (“iron nail”)), Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“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

Verb

tranca

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of trancar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of trancar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of trancar.