trinca

Etymology

Probably from Old French strenc (“string, cord, rope”), from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand”).

Compare strinque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiŋka̝/

Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. (nautical) string

References

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

Verb

trinca

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

Anagrams

• tranci

Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)

1. triplet; triad (group of three things)
2. crack (thin break opened in a previously solid material)

Verb

trinca

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of trincar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of trincar

Verb

trinca

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

Noun

trinca f (plural trinche)

1. trough