trucar

Verb

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

1. to knock, to ring (at the door)
2. to call, to ring on the telephone

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Occitan trucar, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þrukjaną (“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. (figuratively) to argue

References

• “trucar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “trucar 'golpear'” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “trucar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Verb

trucar

1. to hit; to strike

Etymology

From truco +‎ -ar

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